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FreeBSD : mailman -- Multiple Vulnerabilities (fffa9257-3c17-11db-86ab-00123ffe8333)
high Nessus Plugin ID 22304
Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.Description
Secunia reports :Mailman can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting and phishing attacks, and cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
1) An error in the logging functionality can be exploited to inject a spoofed log message into the error log via a specially crafted URL.
Successful exploitation may trick an administrator into visiting a malicious website.
2) An error in the processing of malformed headers which does not follow the RFC 2231 standard can be exploited to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
3) Some unspecified input isn't properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 22304
File Name: freebsd_pkg_fffa92573c1711db86ab00123ffe8333.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 9/5/2006
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-mailman, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mailman, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mailman-with-htdig, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2006
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2006
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2006-2191, CVE-2006-2941, CVE-2006-3636, CVE-2006-4624
BID: 19831