metadata/glsa/glsa-200406-04.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200406-04">
  <title>Mailman: Member password disclosure vulnerability</title>
  <synopsis>
    Mailman contains a bug allowing 3rd parties to retrieve member passwords.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">mailman</product>
  <announced>June 09, 2004</announced>
  <revised>June 09, 2004: 01</revised>
  <bug>51671</bug>
  <access>remote  </access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-mail/mailman" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.1.5</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.1.5</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Mailman is a python-based mailing list server with an extensive web
    interface.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Mailman contains an unspecified vulnerability in the handling of request
    emails.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    By sending a carefully crafted email request to the mailman server an
    attacker could obtain member passwords.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All users of Mailman should upgrade to the latest stable version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge sync

    # emerge -pv ">=net-mail/mailman-2.1.5"
    # emerge ">=net-mail/mailman-2.1.5"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2004-May/000072.html">Mailman 2.1.5 Release Announcement</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0412">CAN-2004-0412</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
</glsa>