Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Mailman vulnerability (USN-2558-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 82644

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled special characters in list names. A local attacker could use this issue to perform a path traversal attack and execute arbitrary code as the Mailman user.

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Solution

Update the affected mailman package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2558-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 82644

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2558-1.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/8/2015

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-2775

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mailman, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2775

BID: 73922

USN: 2558-1