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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50334
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 1 FEDORA-2004-167 (mailman)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to mailman
announced via advisory FEDORA-2004-167.

Mailman subscriber passwords could be retrieved by a remote attacker.
Security hole is fixed in mailman-2.1.5

Important Installation Note:

Some users have reported problems with bad queue counts after
upgrading to version 2.1.5, the operating assumption is this was
caused by performing an install while mailman was running. Prior to
installing this rpm stop the mailman service via:

% /sbin/service mailman stop

Then after installation completes restart the service via:

% /sbin/service mailman start

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.
http://www.fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-167.shtml

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 10412
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0412
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10412
Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2004:842
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000842
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109034869927955&w=2
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-04.xml
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:051
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2004-May/000072.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/11701
XForce ISS Database: mailman-obtain-password(16256)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16256
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