GNU Mailman administrative spoofing
| mailman-admin-spoofing (28734) |  Low Risk |
Description:
GNU Mailman could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing and phishing attacks against an administrator caused by an error in the logging functionality. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting a spoofed log message in the error log using a specially-crafted URL and tricking the administrator into visiting the malicious site.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.04
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- GNU, Mailman 1.0
- GNU, Mailman 1.1
- GNU, Mailman 2.0 Beta4
- GNU, Mailman 2.0 Beta5
- GNU, Mailman 2.0
- 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 2.0.14
- 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 Beta1
- GNU, Mailman 2.1.1
- GNU, Mailman 2.1.2
- GNU, Mailman 2.1.3
- GNU, Mailman 2.1.4
- GNU, Mailman 2.1.5
- GNU, Mailman 2.1.5.8
- GNU, Mailman 2.1.6
- GNU, Mailman 2.1.7
- GNU, Mailman 2.1.8
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of GNU Mailman (2.1.9rc1 or later), available from the SourceForge.net Web site. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-1188-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For SUSE Linux:
Refer to SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2006:025 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Other
References:
- GNU Mailman Web site, Mailman, the GNU Mailing List Manager at http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/.
- SourceForge.net: Files, Mailman - File Release Notes and Changelog - Release Name: 2.1.9rc1 at https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=444295&group_id=103.
- ASA-2007-475: mailman security and bug fix update (RHSA-2007-0779)
- BID-19831: GNU Mailman Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
- BID-20021: Mailman Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-4624: CRLF injection vulnerability in Utils.py in Mailman before 2.1.9rc1 allows remote attackers to spoof messages in the error log and possibly trick the administrator into visiting malicious URLs via CRLF sequences in the URI.
- DSA-1188: mailman -- format string
- MDKSA-2006:165: Updated mailman packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2007-0779: Low: mailman security and bug fix update
- SA21732: Mailman Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SUSE-SR:2006:025: SUSE Security Summary Report
- USN-345-1: mailman vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3446: Mailman Multiple Cross Site Scripting and Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Sep 04, 2006
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