Ecartis allows elevated privileges

ecartis-gain-privileges (17809) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

Ecartis (formerly Listar) could allow a remote attacker to gain administrator privileges. A remote attacker in the same domain as the list administrator could exploit this vulnerability to gain administrator privileges and alter the list settings.


Consequences:

Gain Privileges

Remedy:

For Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody):
Upgrade to the latest ecartis package, as listed below. Refer to DSA-572-1 for more information. See References.

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody): 0.129a+1.0.0-snap20020514-1.3 or later

References:

  • Ecartis Web site: ecartis: Modular Mailing List Manager.
  • BID-11487: Ecartis Remote Undisclosed Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
  • CVE-2004-0913: Unknown vulnerability in ecartis 0.x before 0.129a+1.0.0-snap20020514-1.3 and 1.x before 1.0.0+cvs.20030911-8 allows attackers in the same domain to gain administrator privileges and modify configuration.
  • DSA-572: ecartis -- several vulnerabilities
  • SA12918: ecartis Unspecified "Same Domain" Security Bypass Vulnerability

Platforms Affected:

  • Debian Debian Linux 3.0
  • Ecartis Ecartis

Reported:

Oct 21, 2004

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