Summary
The remote host is missing an update to mlmmj
announced via advisory DSA 2073-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202073-1
Insight
Florian Streibelt reported a a directory traversal flaw in the way the Mailing List Managing Made Joyful mailing list manager processed users' requests originating from the administrator web interface without enough input validation. A remote, authenticated attacker could use these flaws to write and / or delete arbitrary files.
For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.15-1.1+lenny1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.17-1.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your mlmmj package.
Severity
Classification
-
CVE CVE-2009-4896 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Related Vulnerabilities