| Description: | The remote host is missing an update to mailman announced via advisory USN-1069-1.
Details follow:
It was discovered that Mailman did not properly sanitize certain fields, resulting in cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were tricked into viewing server output during a crafted server request, a remote attacker could exploit this to modify the contents, or steal confidential data, within the same domain.
Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: mailman 2.1.5-9ubuntu4.4
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: mailman 1:2.1.9-9ubuntu1.4
Ubuntu 9.10: mailman 1:2.1.12-2ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: mailman 1:2.1.13-1ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 10.10: mailman 1:2.1.13-4ubuntu0.2
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1069-1
Risk factor : Medium |