-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : mailman SUMMARY : Mailman Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability DATE : 2001-12-11 17:26:00 ID : CLA-2001:445 RELEVANT RELEASES : 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 7.0 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION Mailman, the GNU Mailing List Manager, is a software to help manage electronic mail discussion lists. Cgisecurity.com released an advisory[1] related to a cross-site scripting vulnerability[2] in mailman. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker could collect information about a web user or possibly gain access to cookie-based authentication credentials. SOLUTION All mailman users should upgrade. REFERENCES: 1.http://www.cgisecurity.org/advisory/7.txt 2.http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3602 DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/SRPMS/mailman-2.0.8-2U50_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/mailman-2.0.8-2U50_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/SRPMS/mailman-2.0.8-2U51_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/mailman-2.0.8-2U51_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/SRPMS/mailman-2.0.8-2U60_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/mailman-2.0.8-2U60_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/mailman-2.0.8-2U70_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/SRPMS/mailman-2.0.8-2U70_1cl.src.rpm ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS Users of Conectiva Linux version 6.0 or higher may use apt to perform upgrades of RPM packages: - add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list if it is not there yet (you may also use linuxconf to do this): rpm [cncbr] ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br 6.0/conectiva updates (replace 6.0 with the correct version number if you are not running CL6.0) - run: apt-get update - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade Detailed instructions reagarding 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- subscribe: conectiva-updates-subscribeat_private unsubscribe: conectiva-updates-unsubscribeat_private -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8Fl9W42jd0JmAcZARArHPAKCiW8xKbRbNnTjfcE8VmhOD/4GUkwCg3nAS wJagL2pUD50169dlTWNPkko= =QSp+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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