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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2558-1
April 07, 2015
mailman vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 14.10
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
Mailman could be made to run programs if it processed a specially crafted
list name.
Software Description:
– mailman: Powerful, web-based mailing list manager
Details:
It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled special characters
in list names. A local attacker could use this issue to perform a path
traversal attack and execute arbitrary code as the Mailman user.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10:
mailman 1:2.1.18-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
mailman 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
mailman 1:2.1.14-3ubuntu0.2
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2558-1
CVE-2015-2775
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mailman/1:2.1.18-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mailman/1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mailman/1:2.1.14-3ubuntu0.2
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