6422 : Mailman User Password Exposure
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8 months ago

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90%

Disclosure

May 15, 2004

Discovery

May 15, 2004

Dates

Exploit

Jun 14, 2004

Solution

Unknown

Description

Mailman contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized password exposure. It is possible for a list member to gain access to user passwords by sending mail to the request alias. If an arbitrary user submits "password address=" commands for other users, Mailman may disclose the user password.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Misconfiguration
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.1.5 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Barry Warsaw

Mailman

2.1.4

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 11701 11707 11718 11809 11989
CVE ID: 2004-0412 (see also: NVD)
Other Advisory URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2004-May/000072.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-04.xml
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:051

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