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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200406-04 (mailman)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Gentoo Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200406-04.
Insight
Insight
Mailman contains a bug allowing 3rd parties to retrieve member passwords.
Solution
Solution
All users of Mailman should upgrade to the latest stable version: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-mail/mailman-2.1.5' # emerge '>=net-mail/mailman-2.1.5' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200406-04 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51671 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2004-May/000072.html