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Summary
Title mailman security update
Informations
Name RHSA-2011:0307 First vendor Publication 2011-03-01
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2011-03-01
Severity (Vendor) Moderate Revision 01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

An updated mailman package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

3. Description:

Mailman is a program used to help manage email discussion lists.

Multiple input sanitization flaws were found in the way Mailman displayed usernames of subscribed users on certain pages. If a user who is subscribed to a mailing list were able to trick a victim into visiting one of those pages, they could perform a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against the victim. (CVE-2011-0707)

Multiple input sanitization flaws were found in the way Mailman displayed mailing list information. A mailing list administrator could use this flaw to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against victims viewing a list's "listinfo" page. (CVE-2008-0564, CVE-2010-3089)

Red Hat would like to thank Mark Sapiro for reporting the CVE-2011-0707 and CVE-2010-3089 issues.

Users of mailman should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

431526 - CVE-2008-0564 mailman: XSS triggerable by list administrator 631881 - CVE-2010-3089 mailman: Multiple security flaws leading to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks 677375 - CVE-2011-0707 Mailman: Three XSS flaws due improper escaping of the full name of the member

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0307.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-79 Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12397
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12397
Title: DSA-2170-1 mailman -- several
Description: Two cross site scripting vulnerabilities were been discovered in Mailman, a web-based mailing list manager. These allowed an attacker to retreive session cookies via inserting crafted JavaScript into confirmation messages and in the list admin interface .
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2170-1
CVE-2010-3089
CVE-2011-0707
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
Product(s): mailman
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13726
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13726
Title: USN-1069-1 -- mailman vulnerabilities
Description: It was discovered that Mailman did not properly sanitize certain fields, resulting in cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were tricked into viewing server output during a crafted server request, a remote attacker could exploit this to modify the contents, or steal confidential data, within the same domain.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1069-1
CVE-2010-3089
CVE-2011-0707
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 10.10
Ubuntu 10.04
Ubuntu 9.10
Ubuntu 6.06
Product(s): mailman
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17558
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17558
Title: USN-586-1 -- mailman vulnerability
Description: Multiple cross-site scripting flaws were discovered in mailman.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-586-1
CVE-2008-0564
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10
Product(s): mailman
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21661
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21661
Title: RHSA-2011:0307: mailman security update (Moderate)
Description: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cgi/confirm.py in GNU Mailman 2.1.14 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) full name or (2) username field in a confirmation message.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2011:0307-01
CESA-2011:0307
CVE-2008-0564
CVE-2010-3089
CVE-2011-0707
Version: 42
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Product(s): mailman
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21908
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21908
Title: RHSA-2011:0308: mailman security update (Moderate)
Description: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cgi/confirm.py in GNU Mailman 2.1.14 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) full name or (2) username field in a confirmation message.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2011:0308-01
CVE-2010-3089
CVE-2011-0707
Version: 29
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Product(s): mailman
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23190
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23190
Title: ELSA-2011:0308: mailman security update (Moderate)
Description: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cgi/confirm.py in GNU Mailman 2.1.14 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) full name or (2) username field in a confirmation message.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2011:0308-01
CVE-2010-3089
CVE-2011-0707
Version: 13
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): mailman
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23255
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23255
Title: ELSA-2011:0307: mailman security update (Moderate)
Description: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cgi/confirm.py in GNU Mailman 2.1.14 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) full name or (2) username field in a confirmation message.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2011:0307-01
CVE-2008-0564
CVE-2010-3089
CVE-2011-0707
Version: 17
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): mailman
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28189
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28189
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2011-0308 -- mailman security update (moderate)
Description: [3:2.1.12-14.2] - fix #677848 - fixed build problem without brew [3:2.1.12-14.1] - fix #677848 - fixed CVE-2010-3089 and CVE-2011-0707
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2011-0308
CVE-2010-3089
CVE-2011-0707
Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): mailman
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 52

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for mailman CESA-2011:0307 centos5 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_0307_mailman_centos5_x86_64.nasl
2012-07-09 Name : RedHat Update for mailman RHSA-2011:0308-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_0308-01_mailman.nasl
2011-10-20 Name : Mac OS X v10.6.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities (2011-006)
File : nvt/gb_macosx_su11-006.nasl
2011-08-26 Name : Mac OS X v10.6.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (2011-001)
File : nvt/secpod_macosx_su11-001.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for mailman CESA-2011:0307 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_0307_mailman_centos5_i386.nasl
2011-05-12 Name : FreeBSD Ports: mailman
File : nvt/freebsd_mailman9.nasl
2011-03-24 Name : Fedora Update for mailman FEDORA-2011-2125
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_2125_mailman_fc13.nasl
2011-03-24 Name : Fedora Update for mailman FEDORA-2011-2102
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_2102_mailman_fc14.nasl
2011-03-09 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2170-1 (mailman)
File : nvt/deb_2170_1.nasl
2011-03-07 Name : RedHat Update for mailman RHSA-2011:0307-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_0307-01_mailman.nasl
2011-03-07 Name : CentOS Update for mailman CESA-2011:0307 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_0307_mailman_centos4_i386.nasl
2011-02-28 Name : Mandriva Update for mailman MDVSA-2011:036 (mailman)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2011_036.nasl
2011-02-28 Name : Ubuntu Update for mailman vulnerabilities USN-1069-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1069_1.nasl
2010-12-28 Name : Fedora Update for mailman FEDORA-2010-14834
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_14834_mailman_fc14.nasl
2010-12-28 Name : Fedora Update for mailman FEDORA-2010-14877
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_14877_mailman_fc13.nasl
2010-11-17 Name : FreeBSD Ports: mailman
File : nvt/freebsd_mailman8.nasl
2010-10-04 Name : Mandriva Update for mailman MDVSA-2010:191 (mailman)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_191.nasl
2010-05-12 Name : Mac OS X 10.6.3 Update / Mac OS X Security Update 2010-002
File : nvt/macosx_upd_10_6_3_secupd_2010-002.nasl
2009-10-13 Name : SLES10: Security update for mailman
File : nvt/sles10_mailman.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for mailman
File : nvt/sles9p5033420.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for mailman MDVSA-2008:061 (mailman)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_061.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for mailman vulnerability USN-586-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_586_1.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for mailman FEDORA-2008-1356
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1356_mailman_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for mailman FEDORA-2008-1334
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1334_mailman_fc8.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: ja-mailman, mailman, mailman-with-htdig
File : nvt/freebsd_ja-mailman.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
70936 Mailman Cgi/confirm.py Multiple Parameter XSS

Mailman contains a flaw that allows a remote cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This flaw exists because the application does not validate the 'full name' or 'username' fields in confirmation messages upon submission to the Cgi/confirm.py script. This may allow a user to create a specially crafted URL that would execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser within the trust relationship between their browser and the server.
68035 Mailman listinfo.py List Description Field XSS

Mailman contains a flaw that allows a remote cross site scripting (XSS) attack. This flaw exists because the application does not validate the 'List Description' Field upon submission to the 'listinfo.py' script. This may allow a user to create a specially crafted URL that would execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser within the trust relationship between their browser and the server.
68032 Mailman HTMLFormatter.py List Description Field XSS

Mailman contains a flaw that allows a remote cross site scripting (XSS) attack. This flaw exists because the application does not validate the 'List Description' Field upon submission to the 'HTMLFormatter.py' script. This may allow a user to create a specially crafted URL that would execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser within the trust relationship between their browser and the server.
41089 Mailman Web Admin Interface List Info XSS

41088 Mailman Template Editing Unspecified XSS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_3_mailman-110331.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0308.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0307.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20110301_mailman_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20110301_mailman_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_mailman-7484.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-13 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes several security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2011-006.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-05-19 Name : A web application on the remote host has multiple cross-site scripting vulner...
File : mailman_2_1_14.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-05-05 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_2_mailman-110426.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-05-04 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_mailman-7489.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-05-02 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_mailman-110426.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-03-22 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-2030.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-03-22 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-2102.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-03-22 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-2125.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-03-22 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes several security issues.
File : macosx_10_6_7.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-03-22 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes several security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2011-001.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-03-11 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_64691c494b2211e0a22600e0815b8da8.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-03-03 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2011-0307.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-03-02 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-0308.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-03-02 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-0307.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-02-24 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2011-036.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-02-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1069-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-02-21 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2170.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-12-20 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2010-14877.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-12-20 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2010-14834.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-11-04 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_4ab29e12e78711dfadfa00e0815b8da8.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-10-06 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-191.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-29 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2010-002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_12224.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_mailman-080814.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-061.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-22 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_mailman-5518.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-20 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_mailman-5519.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-28 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_f47f274612c511ddbab70016179b2dd5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-17 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-586-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-1356.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-1334.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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