Red Hat alert: Updated mailman packages close cross-site scripting vulnerability

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                   Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Updated mailman packages close cross-site scripting vulnerability
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2002:178-04
Issue date:        2002-08-13
Updated on:        2002-08-23
Product:           Red Hat Secure Web Server
Keywords:          mailman cross-site scripting
Cross references:  RHSA-2002:176 RHSA-2002:177
Obsoletes:         RHSA-2002:099
CVE Names:         CAN-2002-0855
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1. Topic:

Updated mailman packages are now available for Red Hat Secure Web Server
3.2 (U.S.).  These updates close a cross-site scripting vulnerability
present in mailman versions prior to version 2.0.12.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Secure Web Server 3.2 - i386

3. Problem description:

Mailman versions prior to 2.0.12 contain a cross-site scripting
vulnerability in the processing of invalid requests to edit a subscriber's
list subscription options.

4. Solution:

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

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade.  Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated.  Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated.  Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network.  Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates.  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.

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info):

69787 - Security problems in mailman-2.0.9

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Secure Web Server 3.2:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/other_prod/secureweb/3.2/SRPMS/mailman-2.0.13-0.6.2.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/other_prod/secureweb/3.2/i386/mailman-2.0.13-0.6.2.i386.rpm



7. Verification:

MD5 sum                          Package Name
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43645869d4c646e061e71ea3c9cfabdf other_prod/secureweb/3.2/SRPMS/mailman-2.0.13-0.6.2.src.rpm
9cd15964f272edf76c9295c0f212a176 other_prod/secureweb/3.2/i386/mailman-2.0.13-0.6.2.i386.rpm


These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security.  Our key
is available at:
    http://www.redhat.com/about/contact/pgpkey.html

You can verify each package with the following command:
    rpm --checksig  

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
    rpm --checksig --nogpg 


8. References:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2002-July/000043.html
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2002-July/000045.html
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0855


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