PT-2004-2108 · Gnu · Mailman

Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-1143

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: mailman versions prior to 2.1.5

Description: The issue concerns the password generation mechanism, which produces a limited number of unique passwords, making it easier for remote attackers to guess passwords via a brute force attack.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.1.5, update to version 2.1.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1143

Affected Products

Mailman

References · 7

• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1143 · Security Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286796 · Patch
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18857 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110549296126351&w=2 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1143 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13603 · Note