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Amazon Linux Local Check: ALAS-2015-582
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.6
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Insight
Insight
It was found that mailman did not sanitize the list name before passing it to certain MTAs. A local attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as the user running mailman. (CVE-2015-2775 )It was found that mailman stored private email messages in a world-readable directory. A local user could use this flaw to read private mailing list archives. (CVE-2002-0389 )
Solution
Solution
Run yum update mailman to update your system.