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FreeBSD : mailman -- XSS vulnerability (64691c49-4b22-11e0-a226-00e0815b8da8)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 52626

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

CVE reports :

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cgi/confirm.py in GNU Mailman 2.1.14 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) full name or (2) username field in a confirmation message.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?895876b7

http://www.nessus.org/u?c8246854

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 52626

File Name: freebsd_pkg_64691c494b2211e0a22600e0815b8da8.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 3/11/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mailman, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0707