GNU Mailman Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:12504

Info

GNU Mailman Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12504
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0202
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 09 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 10:06AM
Credit: The discoverer of this vulnerability is not known.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
SGI ProPack 3.0
Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3 i686
Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3
Redhat Fedora Core3
Redhat Fedora Core2
Redhat Fedora Core1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
GNU Mailman 2.1.5
+ Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.1 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 4
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 4
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3
 GNU Mailman 2.1.4
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
GNU Mailman 2.1.3
GNU Mailman 2.1.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2 amd64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2
GNU Mailman 2.1.1
+ Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.3 i686
 + Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.3
GNU Mailman 2.1
Gentoo Linux
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.8
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.7
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.6
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.8
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.7
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.6
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

GNU Mailman Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Mailman, when hosted on a web server that does not strip extra slashes from URLs (i.e. Apache 1.3.x), is reported prone to a remote directory traversal vulnerability.

The remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability to disclose the contents of web server readable files. Symantec has received reports of the username and password databases of public mailing lists being compromised through the exploitation of this vulnerability.

Information that is harvested by leveraging this vulnerability may be used to aid in further attacks against a target computer or victim user.

Exploit / POC

GNU Mailman Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

GNU Mailman Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian Linux has released an updated advisory DSA 674-3 along with updated fixes dealing with this and other issues. For more information, please see the referenced advisory.

Mandrake Linux has released advisory MDKSA-2005:037 dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for additional information.

Debian Linux has released an advisory (DSA 674-1) dealing with this issue. Please see the reference section for more information.

Red Hat has released advisory RHSA-2005:136-08 and RHSA-2005:137-07 to provide fixes that address this issue on Red Hat Linux Enterprise platforms. Customers who are affected by this issue are advised to apply the appropriate updates. Customers subscribed to the Red Hat Network may apply the appropriate fixes using the Red Hat Update Agent (up2date). Please see referenced advisory for additional information.

Gentoo has released advisory GLSA 200502-11 addressing this issue.
All Mailman users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/mailman-2.1.5-r4"

RedHat Fedora Linux has released advisories FEDORA-2005-131 and FEDORA-2005-132 dealing with this issue for Fedora Core 2 and Core 3 respectively. Please see the referenced advisory for additional information.

Ubuntu Linux has released advisory USN-78-1 dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for additional information.

Debian Linux has released a second advisory (DSA 674-2). Apparently the first advisory failed to properly fix all of the issues. The fixes provided with the second advisory must be applied to packages fixed with the set of fixes released with the first advisory. Please see the reference section for more information.

SuSE has released advisory SUSE-SA:2005:007 to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for details on obtaining and applying fixes.

Ubuntu has released advisory USN-78-2 to release new fixes for Mailman. The fixes included in the previous Ubuntu advisory USN-78-1 cause the "private" module of Mailman to stop functioning. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

SGI has released advisory 20050207-01-U including Patch 10144 that contains updated SGI ProPack 3 Service Pack 4 RPMs for the SGI Altix products. This patch addresses various issues. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Apple has released advisory (Security Update 2005-003) to address various issues. Please see the referenced advisory for more information. An Update for Mac OS X Server v10.3.8 is available.

RedHat Fedora has released Fedora Legacy security advisory FLSA:152895 addressing this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.


Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.8

GNU Mailman 2.1

GNU Mailman 2.1.1

GNU Mailman 2.1.2

GNU Mailman 2.1.4

GNU Mailman 2.1.5

SGI ProPack 3.0

References

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