GNU Mailman up to 2.1b1 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNU Mailman. It has been declared as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2004-1143. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNU Mailman (Mail Client Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The password generation in mailman before 2.1.5 generates only 5 million unique passwords, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess passwords via a brute force attack.

The bug was discovered 01/12/2005. The weakness was presented 12/31/2004 by Florian Weimer (Website). The advisory is available at bugs.debian.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1143 since 12/06/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16454 (SUSE-SA:2005:007: mailman), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version bis 2.1.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18857), Tenable (16454), SecurityFocus (BID 12243†), OSVDB (12854†) and Secunia (SA13603†). See VDB-23733 for similar entry. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 16454
Nessus Name: SUSE-SA:2005:007: mailman
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OpenVAS ID: 52998
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: mailman, ja-mailman
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mailman bis 2.1.4

Timelineinfo

12/06/2004 🔍
12/31/2004 +25 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +0 days 🔍
01/11/2005 +11 days 🔍
01/12/2005 +1 days 🔍
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01/26/2005 +14 days 🔍
02/14/2005 +19 days 🔍
04/14/2015 +3711 days 🔍
06/05/2019 +1513 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: bugs.debian.org
Researcher: Florian Weimer
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-1143 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1143
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22658
X-Force: 18857
SecurityFocus: 12243 - GNU Mailman Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 13603 - Mailman Cross-Site Scripting and Weak Password Generation, Less Critical
OSVDB: 12854 - CVE-2004-1143 - GNU - Mailman - Information Disclosure Issue
Vulnerability Center: 6917 - GNU Mailman Weak Auto Generated Passwords, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:27
Updated: 06/05/2019 08:32
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:27 (73), 06/05/2019 08:32 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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