GNU Mailman private rosters management information disclosure
| mailman-rosters-information-disclosure (19052) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
GNU Mailman could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a vulnerability in the private rosters management. By viewing the error message associated with an email address request for a private mailing list, a remote attacker could determine if the email address has been accepted as a member of the private mailing list.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 4.10
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.0
- Gentoo, Linux
- GNU, Mailman 2.1.5
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.0 AMD64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.1 X86_64
- 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 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- 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
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 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:
Obtain Information
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, 2005-01-10 19:03:54, [USN-59-1] mailman vulnerabilities at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=110549296126351&w=2.
- CIAC Information Bulletin P-137, Mailman Vulnerabilities at http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-137.shtml.
- Debian Bug report #285839, mailman: Membership leakage with private roster due to 55_options_traceback.dpatch at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=285839.
- 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.
- CVE-2005-0080: The 55_options_traceback.dpatch patch for mailman 2.1.5 in Ubuntu 4.10 displays a different error message depending on whether the e-mail address is subscribed to a private list, which allows remote attackers to determine the list membership for a given e-mail address.
- SUSE-SA:2005:007: mailman: remote file disclosure
Reported:
Jan 10, 2005
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