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Debian DSA-094-1 : mailman - XSS hole

high Nessus Plugin ID 14931

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Barry A. Warsaw reported several cross-site scripting security holes in Mailman, due to non-existent escaping of CGI variables.

These have been fixed upstream in version 2.0.8, and the relevant patches have been backported to version 1.1-10 in Debian.

Solution

Upgrade the affected mailman package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-094

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14931

File Name: debian_DSA-094.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mailman, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/16/2001

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2004

Reference Information

DSA: 094