1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200406-04 / mailman |
| Release Date | June 09, 2004 |
| Latest Revision | June 09, 2004: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| net-mail/mailman | < 2.1.5 | >= 2.1.5 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #51671
Mailman contains a bug allowing 3rd parties to retrieve member passwords.
Mailman is a python-based mailing list server with an extensive web interface.
Mailman contains an unspecified vulnerability in the handling of request emails.
By sending a carefully crafted email request to the mailman server an attacker could obtain member passwords.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All users of Mailman should upgrade to the latest stable version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge sync # emerge -pv ">=net-mail/mailman-2.1.5" # emerge ">=net-mail/mailman-2.1.5" |