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Mailman Password Retrieval
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Web application abuses
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
18 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The target is running version of the Mailman mailing list software that allows a list subscriber to retrieve the mailman password of any other subscriber
Insight
Insight
An attacker could exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted mail message to the server. Such a message sent via $listname-request@$target containing the lines : password address=$victim password address=$subscriber will return the password of both $victim and $subscriber for the list $listname@$target.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Mailman version 2.1.5 or newer.