Mailman: Member password disclosure vulnerability

Mailman: Member password disclosure vulnerability Mailman contains a bug allowing 3rd parties to retrieve member passwords. mailman June 09, 2004 June 09, 2004: 01 51671 remote 2.1.5 2.1.5

Mailman is a python-based mailing list server with an extensive web interface.

Mailman contains an unspecified vulnerability in the handling of request emails.

By sending a carefully crafted email request to the mailman server an attacker could obtain member passwords.

There is no known workaround at this time.

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"

Mailman 2.1.5 Release Announcement CAN-2004-0412 jaervosz