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Oracle Linux 6 : mailman (ELSA-2015-1417)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85105

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-1417 advisory.

 - fix CVE-2002-0389 - local users able to read private mailing list archives
 - fix CVE-2015-2775 - directory traversal in MTA transports

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected mailman package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-1417.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85105

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1417.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/30/2015

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-2775

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2002-0389

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mailman, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0389, CVE-2015-2775

BID: 4538, 73922

RHSA: 2015:1417