-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
--

PACKAGE : mailman
SUMMARY : Several mailman fixes
DATE : 2004-05-25 17:26:00
ID : CLA-2004:842
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 8, 9

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-

DESCRIPTION
Mailman[1] is a mailing list manager.

This update fixes the following vulnerabilities for Conectiva Linux
9:

1) Cross site scripting vulnerability in the admin CGI script
(CAN-2003-0965)[2]

2) Cross site scripting vulnerability in the create CGI script
(CAN-2003-0992)[3]

3) Remote password retrieval vulnerability (CAN-2004-0412)[4]
As mentioned in the 2.1.5 release announcement[5], previous mailman
versions are vulnerable to a password retrieval attack which would
give the attacker the password an user choose when he/she subscribed
to a mailing list.

For Conectiva Linux 8, the following vulnerability has been fixed:

- CAN-2003-0991[6]: denial of service vulnerability caused by
specific mail messages which would crash mailman.

SOLUTION
It is recommended that all mailman users upgrade their packages.


REFERENCES
1.http://www.list.org/
2.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0965
3.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0992
4.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=can-2004-0412
5.http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2004-May/000072.html

6.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0991

UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/SRPMS/mailman-2.0.14-1U80_1cl.src.
rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/mailman-2.0.14-1U80_1cl.i386.
rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/mailman-2.1.4-27744U90_2cl.s
rc.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/mailman-2.1.4-27744U90_2cl.i3
86.rpm

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:

- run: apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc.
http://www.conectiva.com

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
subscribe: conectiva-updates-subscribe (at) papaleguas.conectiva.com (dot) br [email concealed]
unsubscribe: conectiva-updates-unsubscribe (at) papaleguas.conectiva.com (dot) br [email concealed]
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org

iD8DBQFAs6wr42jd0JmAcZARAs2OAJ47bJ8wOcCWGLzzoJ59Jy+ml4nNQgCdH5eL
5fEbSUjcmCzWvmy6JF1s2Po=
=98+E
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

[ reply ]