FKIE_CVE-2004-1143

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2004-12-31 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:07
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286796Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110549296126351&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/13603/
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18857
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286796Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110549296126351&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/13603/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18857
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu mailman 1.0
gnu mailman 1.1
gnu mailman 2.0
gnu mailman 2.0
gnu mailman 2.0
gnu mailman 2.0
gnu mailman 2.0.1
gnu mailman 2.0.2
gnu mailman 2.0.3
gnu mailman 2.0.4
gnu mailman 2.0.5
gnu mailman 2.0.6
gnu mailman 2.0.7
gnu mailman 2.0.8
gnu mailman 2.0.9
gnu mailman 2.0.10
gnu mailman 2.0.11
gnu mailman 2.0.12
gnu mailman 2.0.13
gnu mailman 2.1
gnu mailman 2.1.1
gnu mailman 2.1.2
gnu mailman 2.1.3
gnu mailman 2.1.4
gnu mailman 2.1b1
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