1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200502-11 / mailman |
| Release Date | February 10, 2005 |
| Latest Revision | February 10, 2005: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| net-mail/mailman | < 2.1.5-r4 | >= 2.1.5-r4 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #81109
Mailman fails to properly sanitize input, leading to information disclosure.
Mailman is a Python-based mailing list server with an extensive web interface.
Mailman contains an error in private.py which fails to properly sanitize input paths.
An attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain arbitrary files on the web server.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Mailman users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/mailman-2.1.5-r4" |