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RHEL 3 / 4 : mailman (RHSA-2005:235)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 17589

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated mailman package that corrects a cross-site scripting flaw is now available.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Mailman manages electronic mail discussion and e-newsletter lists.

A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in the driver script of mailman prior to version 2.1.5 could allow remote attackers to execute scripts as other web users. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-1177 to this issue.

Users of mailman should update to this erratum package, which corrects this issue by turning on STEALTH_MODE by default and using Utils.websafe() to quote the html.

Solution

Update the affected mailman package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-1177

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:235

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 17589

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-235.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/21/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mailman, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1177

RHSA: 2005:235