Secunia Security Advisory - Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Mailman, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks.
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TITLE:
Mailman "Full Name" Script Insertion Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43389
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-03-03
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DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Mailman, which can be
exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks.
Input passed via the "full name" is not properly sanitised before
being used in the "Confirm unsubscription request", "Confirm change
of email address request", and "Re-enable mailing list membership"
pages. This can be exploited to insert arbitrary HTML and script
code, which will be executed in a user's browser session in context
of an affected site when the malicious data is being viewed.
The vulnerabilities are reported in version 2.1.14. Other versions
may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Apply patch.
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Mailman:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2011-February/000157.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
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EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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