Mailman administrative login page cross-site scripting
| mailman-admin-login-xss (9172) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
GNU Mailman is vulnerable to cross-site scripting in the administrative login Web page. A remote attacker could create a specially-crafted link to the administrative login page containing malicious script, which would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Mailman (2.0.11 or later), available from the GNU Project Web page. See References.
For Conectiva Linux 6.0:
Upgrade to the latest version of Mailman (2.0.11-2U60_1cl or later), as listed in Conectiva Linux Security Announcement CLA-2002:489. See References.
For Conectiva Linux 7.0:
Upgrade to the latest version of Mailman (2.0.11-2U70_1cl or later), as listed in Conectiva Linux Security Announcement CLA-2002:489. See References.
For Conectiva Linux 8.0:
Upgrade to the latest version of Mailman (2.0.11-1U8_1cl or later), as listed in Conectiva Linux Security Announcement CLA-2002:489. See References.
For Red Hat Linux 7.2 and 7.3:
Upgrade to the latest version of mailman (2.0.11-1 or later), as listed in Red Hat Linux Errata Advisory RHSA-2002:099-04. See References.
For Red Hat Powertools 7.0:
Upgrade to the latest version of mailman (2.0.11-0.7 or later), as listed in Red Hat Linux Errata Advisory RHSA-2002:100-03. See References.
For Red Hat Powertools 7.1:
Upgrade to the latest version of mailman (2.0.11-0.7.1 or later), as listed in Red Hat Linux Errata Advisory RHSA-2002:100-03. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Jul 24 2002 - 03:03:30 CDT: cross-site scripting bug of Mailman.
- Conectiva Linux Announcement CLSA-2002:489: mailman.
- GNU Project Web site: Mailman.
- BID-4825: GNU Mailman Admin Login Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- BID-4826: GNU Mailman Pipermail Index Summary HTML Injection Vulnerability
- BID-5299: GNU Mailman Admin Login Variant Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-0388: Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in Mailman before 2.0.11 allow remote attackers to execute script via (1) the admin login page, or (2) the Pipermail index summaries.
- DSA-147: mailman -- cross-site scripting
- RHSA-2002-099: Updated mailman packages available
- RHSA-2002-100: Updated mailman packages available
- RHSA-2002-125: mailman security update
Platforms Affected:
- Conectiva Linux 6.0
- Conectiva Linux 7.0
- Conectiva Linux 8.0
- Debian Debian Linux 2.2
- Debian Debian Linux 3.0
- GNU Mailman 1.0
- GNU Mailman 1.1
- GNU Mailman 2.0
- GNU Mailman 2.0 Beta4
- GNU Mailman 2.0 Beta3
- GNU Mailman 2.0 Beta5
- GNU Mailman 2.0.1
- GNU Mailman 2.0.10
- GNU Mailman 2.0.11
- 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
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat Linux 7
- RedHat Linux 7.1
- RedHat Linux 7.2
- RedHat Linux 7.3
- RedHat Linux Powertools 7.0
- RedHat Linux Powertools 7.1
Reported:
May 24, 2002
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