Info

Disclosure

Jan 24, 2003

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

Mailman contains a flaw that allows a remote cross site scripting attack. This flaw exists because the application does not validate the email variable upon submission to the options.py script. This could allow a user to create a specially crafted URL that would execute arbitrary code in a user's browser within the trust relationship between the browser and the server, leading to a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.1.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

GNU

Mailman

2.1

References

ISS X-Force ID: 11152
CVE ID: 2003-0038 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 6677
Related OSVDB ID: 9206
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-01/0263.html
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104342745916111&w=2
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://telia.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mailman/xss-2.1.0-patch.txt
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-436
Vendor URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/

Credit

Manuel Rodriguez -

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/36218