[CLA-2002:489] Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - mailman

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    CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 
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    PACKAGE   : mailman
    SUMMARY   : Cross site scripting vulnerability
    DATE      : 2002-05-24 18:35:00
    ID        : CLA-2002:489
    RELEVANT
    RELEASES  : 6.0, 7.0, 8
    
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    DESCRIPTION
     Mailman[1] is a mailing list manager.
     
     Barry A. Warsaw announced[2] a new version of mailman that fixes two
     cross site scripting vulnerabilities.
     
     According to this announcement, "office" reported such a
     vulnerability in the login page, and Tristan Roddis reported one in
     the Pipermail index summaries.
     
     Mailman version 2.0.11 addresses both problems.
    
    
    SOLUTION
     It is recommended that all mailman users upgrade their packages.
     
     
     REFERENCES
     1.http://www.list.org 
     2.http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2002-May/000042.html
    
    
    DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES
    ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/SRPMS/mailman-2.0.11-2U60_1cl.src.rpm
    ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/mailman-2.0.11-2U60_1cl.i386.rpm
    ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/SRPMS/mailman-2.0.11-2U70_1cl.src.rpm
    ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/mailman-2.0.11-2U70_1cl.i386.rpm
    ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/SRPMS/mailman-2.0.11-1U8_1cl.src.rpm
    ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/mailman-2.0.11-1U8_1cl.i386.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
    
    
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    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
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    All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en
    
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