# CVE-2004-0412: Mailman before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to obtain user passwords via a crafted email request to the Mailman server.

- Also known as: GHSA-HJ4H-VQPQ-95WG, PYSEC-2026-658
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.1.5
- Published: 2004-06-03 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- mailman (PyPI): fixed in 2.1.5

## Description

Mailman before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to obtain user passwords via a crafted email request to the Mailman server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, mailman, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10412
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-04.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11701
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16256
- http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:051
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109034869927955&w=2
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000842
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=123559
- http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2004-May/000072.html

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