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MDKSA-2004:013: mailman

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the mailman package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory MDKSA-2004:013 (mailman).

A cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered in mailman's administration
interface (CVE-2003-0965). This affects version 2.1 earlier than 2.1.4.
Certain malformed email commands could cause the mailman process to crash.
(CVE-2003-0991). This affects version 2.0 earler than 2.0.14.
Another cross-site scripting vulnerability was found in mailman's 'create' CGI
script (CVE-2003-0992). This affects version 2.1 earlier than 2.1.3.

Solution : http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:013
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 9336

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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