CVE-2004-1143

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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 products

GNU Mailman: 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 2.0-beta3, 2.0-beta4, 2.0-beta5 (+19)

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286796
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110549296126351&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/13603/
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18857
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286796
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110549296126351&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/13603/
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18857

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