Conectiva alert CLA-2004:842 (mailman)
| From: | Conectiva Updates <secure@conectiva.com.br> | |
| To: | conectiva-updates@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br, lwn@lwn.net, bugtraq@securityfocus.com, security-alerts@linuxsecurity.com, linsec@lists.seifried.org | |
| Subject: | [CLA-2004:842] Conectiva Security Announcement - mailman | |
| Date: | Tue, 25 May 2004 17:27:24 -0300 |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : mailman SUMMARY : Several mailman fixes DATE : 2004-05-25 17:26:00 ID : CLA-2004:842 RELEVANT RELEASES : 8, 9 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION Mailman[1] is a mailing list manager. This update fixes the following vulnerabilities for Conectiva Linux 9: 1) Cross site scripting vulnerability in the admin CGI script (CAN-2003-0965)[2] 2) Cross site scripting vulnerability in the create CGI script (CAN-2003-0992)[3] 3) Remote password retrieval vulnerability (CAN-2004-0412)[4] As mentioned in the 2.1.5 release announcement[5], previous mailman versions are vulnerable to a password retrieval attack which would give the attacker the password an user choose when he/she subscribed to a mailing list. For Conectiva Linux 8, the following vulnerability has been fixed: - CAN-2003-0991[6]: denial of service vulnerability caused by specific mail messages which would crash mailman. SOLUTION It is recommended that all mailman users upgrade their packages. REFERENCES 1.http://www.list.org/ 2.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0965 3.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0992 4.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=can-2004-0412 5.http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2004-May/000072.html 6.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0991 UPDATED PACKAGES ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/SRPMS/mailman-2.0.14-1U80_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/mailman-2.0.14-1U80_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/mailman-2.1.4-27744U90_2cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/mailman-2.1.4-27744U90_2cl.i386.rpm ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades: - run: apt-get update - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions on how to import it can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc. http://www.conectiva.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- subscribe: conectiva-updates-subscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br unsubscribe: conectiva-updates-unsubscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFAs6wr42jd0JmAcZARAs2OAJ47bJ8wOcCWGLzzoJ59Jy+ml4nNQgCdH5eL 5fEbSUjcmCzWvmy6JF1s2Po= =98+E -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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