Vulnerability in GNU Mailman
CVE-2004-1143
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (75.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Mailman — versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0
References
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18857 (vdb-entry)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Patch)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/13603/ (third-party-advisory)