SuSE9 Security Update : mailman (YOU Patch Number 11243)

high Nessus Plugin ID 41102

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

This update of mailman fixes the following security issues :

- A malicious user could visit a specially crafted URI and inject an apparent log message into Mailman's error log which might induce an unsuspecting administrator to visit a phishing site. This has been blocked. Thanks to Moritz Naumann for its discovery.

- Fixed denial of service attack which can be caused by some standards-breaking RFC 2231 formatted headers.
CVE-2006-2941.

- Several cross-site scripting issues have been fixed.
Thanks to Moritz Naumann for their discovery.
CVE-2006-3636

- Fixed an unexploitable format string vulnerability.
Discovery and fix by Karl Chen. Analysis of non-exploitability by Martin 'Joey' Schulze. Also thanks go to Lionel Elie Mamane. CVE-2006-2191.

Solution

Apply YOU patch number 11243.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2191.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2941.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-3636.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 41102

File Name: suse9_11243.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2191, CVE-2006-2941, CVE-2006-3636