1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-78-2

USN-78-2: Fixed mailman packages for USN-78-1

Publication date

17 February 2005

Overview

Fixed mailman packages for USN-78-1

Releases

Details

Ubuntu Security Announce USN-78-1 described a path traversal
vulnerability in the “private” module of Mailman. Unfortunately this
updated mailman package was broken so that the “private” module could
not be executed at all any more. The latest package version fixes
this.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

For reference, this is the description of the original USN:

An path traversal vulnerability has been discovered in the “private”
module of Mailman. A flawed path sanitation algorithm allowed the
construction of URLS to arbitrary files readable by Mailman. This
allowed a remote attacker to retrieve configuration and password
databases, private list archives, and other files.

Ubuntu Security Announce USN-78-1 described a path traversal
vulnerability in the “private” module of Mailman. Unfortunately this
updated mailman package was broken so that the “private” module could
not be executed at all any more. The latest package version fixes
this.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

For reference, this is the description of the original USN:

An path traversal vulnerability has been discovered in the “private”
module of Mailman. A flawed path sanitation algorithm allowed the
construction of URLS to arbitrary files readable by Mailman. This
allowed a remote attacker to retrieve configuration and password
databases, private list archives, and other files.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
4.10 warty mailman – 

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