GNU Mailman Unspecified Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: mailman_37984.nasl 5394 2017-02-22 09:22:42Z teissa $
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# GNU Mailman Unspecified Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
#
# Authors:
# Michael Meyer
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# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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tag_summary = "Mailman is prone to an unspecified privilege-escalation scripting
vulnerability.

 Few technical details are available at this time.

Local attackers may exploit this issue to obtain elevated privileges
and compromise a computer.

This issue is known to affect Mailman 2.0.2 and 2.0.4; other versions
may be vulnerable as well.";

tag_solution = "Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.";

if (description)
{
 script_id(100475);
 script_version("$Revision: 5394 $");
 script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-02-22 10:22:42 +0100 (Wed, 22 Feb 2017) $");
 script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-01-29 17:41:41 +0100 (Fri, 29 Jan 2010)");
 script_bugtraq_id(37984);
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

 script_name("GNU Mailman Unspecified Privilege Escalation Vulnerability");

 script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37984");
 script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://mailman.sourceforge.net/index.html");

 script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
 script_family("Web application abuses");
 script_copyright("This script is Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
 script_dependencies("mailman_detect.nasl");
 script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
 script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
 script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
 script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
 exit(0);
}

include("http_func.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

port = get_http_port(default:80);
if(!get_port_state(port))exit(0);

if(!version = get_kb_item(string("www/", port, "/Mailman")))exit(0);
if(!matches = eregmatch(string:version, pattern:"^(.+) under (/.*)$"))exit(0);

vers = matches[1];

if(!isnull(vers) && vers >!< "unknown") {

  if(version_is_equal(version: vers, test_version: "2.0.2") ||
     version_is_equal(version: vers, test_version: "2.0.4")) {
      security_message(port:port);
      exit(0);
  }

}

exit(0);