CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-1143

7.5 HIGH Published 2004-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2004-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• gnu mailman 1.0 • gnu mailman 1.1 • 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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