National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0707
Original release date:02/22/2011
Last revised:10/21/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cgi/confirm.py in GNU Mailman 2.1.14 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) full name or (2) username field in a confirmation message.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
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External Source: MLIST
Name: [mailman-announce] 20110218 Mailman Security Patch Announcement
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: mailman-fullname-xss(65538)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2011-0720
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2011-0542
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2011-0487
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2011-0460
Type: Advisory
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2011-0436
Type: Advisory
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2011-0435
Type: Advisory
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-1069-1
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1025106
External Source: BID
Name: 46464
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2011:0308
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2011:0307
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2011:036
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-2170
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 43829
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 43580
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 43549
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 43425
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 43389
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 43294
Type: Advisory
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 70936
External Source: MLIST
Name: [mailman-announce] 20110213 Mailman Security Patch Announcement
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2011-2030
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2011-2102
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2011-2125
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-3
Technical Details
- Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)