VDB-16655 · CVE-2001-0290 · XFDB 6500

GNU Mailman 2.0.2 Password information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in GNU Mailman 2.0.2 (Mail Client Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Password). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in Mailman 2.0.1 and earlier allows list administrators to obtain user passwords.

The weakness was published 05/03/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-0290. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (6500).

Productinfo

Type

Mail Client Software

Vendor

Name

Mailman

Version

2.0.2

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Password
Class: Information disclosure / Password
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

03/06/2001 🔍
05/03/2001 +58 days 🔍
05/03/2001 +0 days 🔍
12/30/2004 +1337 days 🔍
07/04/2014 +3473 days 🔍
05/28/2019 +1789 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0290 (🔍)
X-Force: 6500
Vulnerability Center: 6676 - GNU Mailman <= 2.0.1 Allows Obtaining Passwords, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2014 10:40
Updated: 05/28/2019 18:01
Changes: 07/04/2014 10:40 (40), 05/28/2019 18:01 (16)
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