Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-1143 - Unspecified vulnerability in GNU Mailman

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
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include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(19088);
  script_version("1.15");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:37");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1143");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : mailman -- generated passwords are poor quality (b3cd00f7-c0c5-452d-87bc-086c5635333e)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Florian Weimer wrote :

Mailman 2.1.5 uses weak auto-generated passwords for new subscribers.
These passwords are assigned when members subscribe without specifying
their own password (either by email or the web frontend). Knowledge of
this password allows an attacker to gain access to the list archive
even though she's not a member and the archive is restricted to
members only. [...]

This means that only about 5 million different passwords are ever
generated, a number that is in the range of brute-force attacks -- you
only have to guess one subscriber address (which is usually not that
hard)."
  );
  # http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2004-December/017553.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?150d1b19"
  );
  # http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/attachments/20041215/be238297/attachment.mht
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?000da008"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/b3cd00f7-c0c5-452d-87bc-086c5635333e.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?7f66f91b"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-mailman");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mailman");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2004/12/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/06/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/07/13");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"mailman<2.1.6")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"ja-mailman<2.1.6")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# This plugin text was extracted from SuSE Security Advisory SUSE-SA:2005:007
#


if ( ! defined_func("bn_random") ) exit(0);

include("compat.inc");

if(description)
{
 script_id(16454);
 script_version ("1.10");
 script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1143", "CVE-2004-1177", "CVE-2005-0202");
 
 name["english"] = "SUSE-SA:2005:007: mailman";
 
 script_name(english:name["english"]);
 
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch" );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2005:007 (mailman).


Mailman is a flexible mailing list management tool. It provides
mail controlled subscription front ends and also includes CGI scripts
to handle subscription, moderation and archive retrieval and other
options.

Due to incomplete input validation the 'private' CGI script which
handles archive retrieval could be used to read any file on the
system, including the configuration database of the mailman lists
which include passwords in plain text. A remote attacker just needs
a valid account on one mailing list managed by this mailman instance.

This update fixes this problem and is tracked under the Mitre CVE
ID CVE-2005-0202.

Please see section (3), 'special instructions and notes'.

Our previous mailman update (only announced in the SUSE Summary Report)
additionally fixed the following two security problems:
- a cross site scripting problem (CVE-2004-1177)
- too weak auto generated passwords (CVE-2004-1143)

This previous security fix requires the additional 'python-xml' RPM
which was not required before." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"http://www.suse.de/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html" );
 script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");




 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2005/02/14");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:28");
 script_end_attributes();

 
 summary["english"] = "Check for the version of the mailman package";
 script_summary(english:summary["english"]);
 
 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
 
 script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
 family["english"] = "SuSE Local Security Checks";
 script_family(english:family["english"]);
 
 script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
 script_require_keys("Host/SuSE/rpm-list");
 exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");
if ( rpm_check( reference:"mailman-2.1.1-110", release:"SUSE8.2") )
{
 security_hole(0);
 exit(0);
}
if ( rpm_check( reference:"mailman-2.1.2-93", release:"SUSE9.0") )
{
 security_hole(0);
 exit(0);
}
if ( rpm_check( reference:"mailman-2.1.4-83.13", release:"SUSE9.1") )
{
 security_hole(0);
 exit(0);
}
if ( rpm_check( reference:"mailman-2.1.5-5.6", release:"SUSE9.2") )
{
 security_hole(0);
 exit(0);
}
if (rpm_exists(rpm:"mailman-", release:"SUSE8.2")
 || rpm_exists(rpm:"mailman-", release:"SUSE9.0")
 || rpm_exists(rpm:"mailman-", release:"SUSE9.1")
 || rpm_exists(rpm:"mailman-", release:"SUSE9.2") )
{
 set_kb_item(name:"CVE-2004-1143", value:TRUE);
 set_kb_item(name:"CVE-2004-1177", value:TRUE);
 set_kb_item(name:"CVE-2005-0202", value:TRUE);
}