Debian DSA-1188-1 : mailman - format string

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22730

Synopsis

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

Description

Several security related problems have been discovered in mailman, the web-based GNU mailing list manager. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2006-3636 Moritz Naumann discovered several cross-site scripting problems that could allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script code or HTML.

- CVE-2006-4624 Moritz Naumann discovered that a remote attacker can inject arbitrary strings into the logfile.

Solution

Upgrade the mailman package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.5-8sarge5.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3636

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4624

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1188

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22730

File Name: debian_DSA-1188.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mailman, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/2/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3636, CVE-2006-4624

BID: 19831

CWE: 94

DSA: 1188