Issued:
2006-09-06
Updated:
2006-09-06

RHSA-2006:0600 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

mailman security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

Updated mailman packages that fix security issues are now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Description

Mailman is a program used to help manage email discussion lists.

A flaw was found in the way Mailman handled MIME multipart messages. An
attacker could send a carefully crafted MIME multipart email message to a
mailing list run by Mailman which caused that particular mailing list
to stop working. (CVE-2006-2941)

Several cross-site scripting (XSS) issues were found in Mailman. An
attacker could exploit these issues to perform cross-site scripting attacks
against the Mailman administrator. (CVE-2006-3636)

Red Hat would like to thank Barry Warsaw for disclosing these vulnerabilities.

Users of Mailman should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches to correct this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc

Fixes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.5.src.rpm SHA-256: 2b834fd8da7a05d501cda87d73250ac4daa04c25b84bfbdc6e7dc66e60856e36
x86_64
mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1f58ff0df4d7c1244b275f58a2ff66aca1cf5e7d692b14a8551bd4ce1583778
mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1f58ff0df4d7c1244b275f58a2ff66aca1cf5e7d692b14a8551bd4ce1583778
ia64
mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 5727cec5db60de2cc1dc6f963256ae67526b3d5ac8e76a2ddb75a9d2ef1fccd8
mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 5727cec5db60de2cc1dc6f963256ae67526b3d5ac8e76a2ddb75a9d2ef1fccd8
i386
mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3658da99bb4d221b3b40471008f7c6c18dd0d6e0652858b604a520a0cb6a3591
mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3658da99bb4d221b3b40471008f7c6c18dd0d6e0652858b604a520a0cb6a3591

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.5.src.rpm SHA-256: 2b834fd8da7a05d501cda87d73250ac4daa04c25b84bfbdc6e7dc66e60856e36
x86_64
mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1f58ff0df4d7c1244b275f58a2ff66aca1cf5e7d692b14a8551bd4ce1583778
ia64
mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 5727cec5db60de2cc1dc6f963256ae67526b3d5ac8e76a2ddb75a9d2ef1fccd8
i386
mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3658da99bb4d221b3b40471008f7c6c18dd0d6e0652858b604a520a0cb6a3591

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.5.src.rpm SHA-256: 2b834fd8da7a05d501cda87d73250ac4daa04c25b84bfbdc6e7dc66e60856e36
x86_64
mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1f58ff0df4d7c1244b275f58a2ff66aca1cf5e7d692b14a8551bd4ce1583778
i386
mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3658da99bb4d221b3b40471008f7c6c18dd0d6e0652858b604a520a0cb6a3591

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3

SRPM
x86_64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.5.src.rpm SHA-256: 2b834fd8da7a05d501cda87d73250ac4daa04c25b84bfbdc6e7dc66e60856e36
s390x
mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8997202778662a7914c491af7e688800e014a1f667343780afc6a9fb44e758ac
s390
mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.5.s390.rpm SHA-256: cbdac1b03abbe8cd390f0446ba3fffc807725f7d625bc2e6899fb10007d8ec5f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3

SRPM
s390x
s390

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.5.src.rpm SHA-256: 2b834fd8da7a05d501cda87d73250ac4daa04c25b84bfbdc6e7dc66e60856e36
ppc
mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 3aed4b9dccaf040279173c206900d29271ba7790c959b7e8a20d6a47cad21ca1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3

SRPM
ppc

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