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.
References
- 20050110 [USN-59-1] mailman vulnerabilities mailing-list
- mailman-weak-encryption(18857) vdb-entry
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286796
- SUSE-SA:2005:007 vendor-advisory
- 13603 third-party-advisory