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FreeBSD : mailman -- Private Archive Script XSS (8be2e304-cce6-11da-a3b1-00123ffe8333)

low Nessus Plugin ID 21469

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Secunia reports :

A vulnerability has been reported in Mailman, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Unspecified input passed to the private archive script is not properly sanitised before being returned to users. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of a vulnerable site.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b008c326

http://www.nessus.org/u?5a6c6cd1

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 21469

File Name: freebsd_pkg_8be2e304cce611daa3b100123ffe8333.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 5/13/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1712

Secunia: 19558