CentOS 3 / 4 : mailman (CESA-2006:0486)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21901

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated mailman package that fixes a denial of service flaw is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.

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

Mailman is software to help manage email discussion lists.

A flaw was found in the way Mailman handles MIME multipart messages.
An attacker could send a carefully crafted MIME multipart email message to a mailing list run by Mailman which would cause that particular mailing list to stop working. (CVE-2006-0052)

Users of Mailman should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected mailman package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21901

File Name: centos_RHSA-2006-0486.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 7/3/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0052

RHSA: 2006:0486

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