Debian DSA-4664-1 : mailman - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 135984

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Synopsis

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

Description

Hanno Boeck discovered that it was possible to create a cross site scripting attack on the webarchives of the Mailman mailing list manager, by sending a special type of attachement.

Solution

Upgrade the mailman packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:2.1.23-1+deb9u5.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1:2.1.29-1+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 135984

File Name: debian_DSA-4664.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/27/2020

Updated: 4/30/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12137

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mailman, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/26/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12137

DSA: 4664

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