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[CLA-2004:842] Conectiva Security Announcement - mailman



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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 
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PACKAGE   : mailman
SUMMARY   : Several mailman fixes
DATE      : 2004-05-25 17:26:00
ID        : CLA-2004:842
RELEVANT
RELEASES  : 8, 9

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DESCRIPTION
 Mailman[1] is a mailing list manager.
 
 This update fixes the following vulnerabilities for Conectiva Linux
 9:
 
 1) Cross site scripting vulnerability in the admin CGI script
 (CAN-2003-0965)[2]
 
 2) Cross site scripting vulnerability in the create CGI script
 (CAN-2003-0992)[3]
 
 3) Remote password retrieval vulnerability (CAN-2004-0412)[4]
 As mentioned in the 2.1.5 release announcement[5], previous mailman
 versions are vulnerable to a password retrieval attack which would
 give the attacker the password an user choose when he/she subscribed
 to a mailing list.
 
 For Conectiva Linux 8, the following vulnerability has been fixed:
 
 - CAN-2003-0991[6]: denial of service vulnerability caused by
 specific mail messages which would crash mailman.


SOLUTION
 It is recommended that all mailman users upgrade their packages.
 
 
 REFERENCES
 1.http://www.list.org/
 2.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0965
 3.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0992
 4.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=can-2004-0412
 5.http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2004-May/000072.html
 6.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0991


UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/SRPMS/mailman-2.0.14-1U80_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/mailman-2.0.14-1U80_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/mailman-2.1.4-27744U90_2cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/mailman-2.1.4-27744U90_2cl.i386.rpm


ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
 The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:

 - run:                 apt-get update
 - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

 Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples 
 can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en

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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at 
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en

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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en

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Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc.
http://www.conectiva.com

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