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<glsa id="200501-29">
  <title>Mailman: Cross-site scripting vulnerability</title>
  <synopsis>
    Mailman is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">mailman</product>
  <announced>2005-01-22</announced>
  <revised count="01">2005-01-22</revised>
  <bug>77524</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-mail/mailman" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.1.5-r3</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.1.5-r3</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Mailman is a Python-based mailing list server with an extensive
    web interface.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Florian Weimer has discovered a cross-site scripting vulnerability
    in the error messages that are produced by Mailman.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="low">
    <p>
    By enticing a user to visiting a specially-crafted URL, an
    attacker can execute arbitrary script code running in the context of
    the victim's browser.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Mailman users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-mail/mailman-2.1.5-r3"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1177">CAN-2004-1177</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-01-19T10:01:17Z">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-01-20T09:22:10Z">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-01-21T16:36:40Z">
    lewk
  </metadata>
</glsa>
