CVE-2004-1143

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

The password generation in mailman before 2.1.5 generates only 5 million unique passwords, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess passwords via a brute force attack.

The password generation in mailman before 2.1.5 generates only 5 million unique passwords, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess passwords via a brute force attack.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

GNU Mailman

First reported 20 years ago

2004-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-11 01:30:00

Affected Software

GNU Mailman 1.0

1.0

GNU Mailman 1.1

1.1

GNU Mailman 2.0

2.0

GNU Mailman 2.0 beta3

2.0

GNU Mailman 2.0 beta4

2.0

GNU Mailman 2.0 beta5

2.0

GNU Mailman 2.0.1

2.0.1

GNU Mailman 2.0.2

2.0.2

GNU Mailman 2.0.3

2.0.3

GNU Mailman 2.0.4

2.0.4

GNU Mailman 2.0.5

2.0.5

GNU Mailman 2.0.6

2.0.6

GNU Mailman 2.0.7

2.0.7

GNU Mailman 2.0.8

2.0.8

GNU Mailman 2.0.9

2.0.9

GNU Mailman 2.0.10

2.0.10

GNU Mailman 2.0.11

2.0.11

GNU Mailman 2.0.12

2.0.12

GNU Mailman 2.0.13

2.0.13

GNU Mailman 2.1

2.1

GNU Mailman 2.1.1

2.1.1

GNU Mailman 2.1.2

2.1.2

GNU Mailman 2.1.3

2.1.3

GNU Mailman 2.1.4

2.1.4

GNU Mailman 2.1b1

2.1b1

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286796

Patch

20050110 [USN-59-1] mailman vulnerabilities

13603

SUSE-SA:2005:007

mailman-weak-encryption(18857)

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