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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704664
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4664-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mailman' package(s) announced via the DSA-4664-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mailman' package(s) announced via the DSA-4664-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Hanno Boeck discovered that it was possible to create a cross site scripting attack on the webarchives of the Mailman mailing list manager, by sending a special type of attachment.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:2.1.23-1+deb9u5.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1:2.1.29-1+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your mailman packages.

For the detailed security status of mailman please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'mailman' package(s) on Debian 9, Debian 10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-12137
Debian Security Information: DSA-4664 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4664
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6YCMGTTOXXCVM4O6CYZLTZDX6YLYORNF/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4COSBBEMJYLV7WSW5QTUJUOFJFK47KK/
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mailman-coders/mailman/2.1/view/head:/NEWS
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/24/2
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/24/3
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00002.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/24/3
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1707 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00047.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1752 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00063.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4348-1/
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