6422 : Mailman Crated E-mail Remote User Password Disclosure
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2004-05-15

Time to Exploit
30 days

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
Attack Type: Misconfiguration
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Public

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

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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