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[DSA1188] DSA-1188-1 mailman

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1188-1 mailman

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Several security related problems have been discovered in mailman, the
web-based GNU mailing list manager. The Common Vulnerabilities and
Exposures project identifies the following problems:
Moritz Naumann discovered several cross-site scripting problems
that could permit remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script code
or HTML.
Moritz Naumann discovered that a remote attacker can inject
arbitrary strings into the logfile.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 2.1.5-8sarge5.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 2.1.8-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your mailman package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1188
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 19831

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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