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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200406-04
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Severity: Normal
Title: Mailman: Member password disclosure vulnerability
Date: June 09, 2004
Bugs: #51671
ID: 200406-04
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Synopsis
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Mailman contains a bug allowing 3rd parties to retrieve member
passwords.
Background
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Mailman is a python-based mailing list server with an extensive web
interface.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-mail/mailman < 2.1.5 >= 2.1.5
Description
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Mailman contains an unspecified vulnerability in the handling of
request emails.
Impact
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By sending a carefully crafted email request to the mailman server an
attacker could obtain member passwords.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All users of Mailman should upgrade to the latest stable version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=net-mail/mailman-2.1.5"
# emerge ">=net-mail/mailman-2.1.5"
References
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[ 1 ] Mailman 2.1.5 Release Announcement
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2004-May/000072.html
[ 2 ] CAN-2004-0412
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0412
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200406-04
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.
License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/
