-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : mailman SUMMARY : Cross site scripting vulnerability DATE : 2002-05-24 18:35:00 ID : CLA-2002:489 RELEVANT RELEASES : 6.0, 7.0, 8 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION Mailman[1] is a mailing list manager. Barry A. Warsaw announced[2] a new version of mailman that fixes two cross site scripting vulnerabilities. According to this announcement, "office" reported such a vulnerability in the login page, and Tristan Roddis reported one in the Pipermail index summaries. Mailman version 2.0.11 addresses both problems. SOLUTION It is recommended that all mailman users upgrade their packages. REFERENCES 1.http://www.list.org 2.http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2002-May/000042.html DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/SRPMS/mailman-2.0.11-2U60_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/mailman-2.0.11-2U60_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/SRPMS/mailman-2.0.11-2U70_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/mailman-2.0.11-2U70_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/SRPMS/mailman-2.0.11-1U8_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/mailman-2.0.11-1U8_1cl.i386.rpm ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS Users of Conectiva Linux version 6.0 or higher may use apt to perform upgrades of RPM packages: - add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list if it is not there yet (you may also use linuxconf to do this): rpm [cncbr] ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br 6.0/conectiva updates (replace 6.0 with the correct version number if you are not running CL6.0) - run: apt-get update - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions on how to import it can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- subscribe: conectiva-updates-subscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br unsubscribe: conectiva-updates-unsubscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD4DBQE87rJT42jd0JmAcZARAoroAJimLJrL5oIZzcJENPrJiDfUdPu+AKCC+nOT 3EyR0Y0KJmjyS6mvJoDS1w== =mtbd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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