GNU Mailman "script/driver" cross-site scripting

mailman-script-driver-xss (18854)

Medium Risk

Description:

GNU Mailman is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the 'scripts/driver' upon returning error pages. A remote attacker could embed malicious script in a URL request, which would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site, once the link is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.

Platforms Affected:

• Canonical, Ubuntu 4.10
• Debian, Debian Linux 3.0
• Gentoo, Linux
• GNU, Mailman 1.0
• GNU, Mailman 1.1
• GNU, Mailman 2.0
• GNU, Mailman 2.0 Beta5
• GNU, Mailman 2.0 Beta4
• GNU, Mailman 2.0 Beta3
• GNU, Mailman 2.0.1
• GNU, Mailman 2.0.10
• GNU, Mailman 2.0.11
• GNU, Mailman 2.0.12
• GNU, Mailman 2.0.13
• GNU, Mailman 2.0.2
• GNU, Mailman 2.0.3
• GNU, Mailman 2.0.4
• GNU, Mailman 2.0.5
• GNU, Mailman 2.0.6
• GNU, Mailman 2.0.7
• GNU, Mailman 2.0.8
• GNU, Mailman 2.0.9
• GNU, Mailman 2.1
• GNU, Mailman 2.1.1
• GNU, Mailman 2.1.2
• GNU, Mailman 2.1.3
• GNU, Mailman 2.1.4
• GNU, Mailman 2.1b1
• MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.0 AMD64
• MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.0
• MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.1 X86_64
• MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.1
• MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 2.1
• MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 2.1 X86_64
• MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
• RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
• RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
• RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
• RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
• RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
• RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
• RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
• RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
• SuSE, SuSE Linux 8.2
• SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.0
• SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.1
• SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.2
• SuSE, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.0
• SuSE, SuSE SLES 9

Remedy:

For Ubuntu Linux:
Upgrade to the latest mailman package (2.1.5-1ubuntu2.1or later), as listed in USN-59-1 January 10, 2005 for more information. See References.

For Mandrake Linux:
Upgrade to the latest mailman package as listed below. Refer to MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2005:015 for more information. See References.

Mandrake Linux 10.0: 2.1.4-2.2.100mdk or later
Mandrake Linux 10.1: 2.1.5-7.2.101mdk or later
Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 2.1: 2.0.14-1.2.C21mdk or later
Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0: 2.1.4-2.2.C30mdk or later

For Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody):
Upgrade to the latest version of mailman ( 2.0.11-1woody10 or later), as listed in DSA-674-2. See References.

For Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody):
Upgrade to the latest version of mailman (2.0.11-1woody11 or later), as listed in DSA-674-3. See References.

For SUSE Linux:
Upgrade to the latest mailman package, as listed below. Refer to SUSE Security Announcement SUSE-SA:2005:007 for more information. See References.

x86:
SUSE 9.2: 2.1.5-5.6 or later
SUSE 9.1: 2.1.4-83.13 or later
SUSE 9.0: 2.1.2-93 or later
SUSE 8.2: 2.1.1-110 or later

For SGI:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in SGI Security Advisory 20050303-01-U. See References.

For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2005:235-05 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 2005-01-29 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

• SGI Security Advisory 20050303-01-U, SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3 Security Update #31 at ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050303-01-U.asc.
• CIAC Information Bulletin P-137, Mailman Vulnerabilities at http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-137.shtml.
• Mailman Web site, Project: Mailman: File List at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=103.
• BID-12243: GNU Mailman Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
• CVE-2004-1177: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the driver script in mailman before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URL, which is not properly escaped in the resulting error page.
• DSA-674: mailman -- cross-site scripting
• GLSA-200501-29: Mailman: Cross-site scripting vulnerability
• MDKSA-2005:015: Updated mailman packages fix vulnerabilities
• RHSA-2005-235: mailman security update
• SA13603: Mailman Cross-Site Scripting and Weak Password Generation
• SUSE-SA:2005:007: mailman: remote file disclosure
• SUSE-SR:2005:002: SUSE Security Summary Report
• USN-59-1: mailman vulnerabilities

Reported:

Jan 12, 2005

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