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Fedora 21 Mailman 2.1.20 Security Update: Dependency Fix Details

Update to new version 2.1.20. Fix dependency on python-dns.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2015-5216 2015-04-01 21:09:35 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : mailman Product : Fedora 21 Version : 2.1.20 Release : 1.fc21 URL : https://www.list.org/ Summary : Mailing list manager with built in Web access Description : Mailman is software to help manage email discussion lists, much like Majordomo and Smartmail. Unlike most similar products, Mailman gives each mailing list a webpage, and allows users to subscribe, unsubscribe, etc. over the Web. Even the list manager can administer his or her list entirely from the Web. Mailman also integrates most things people want to do with mailing lists, including archiving, mail news gateways, and so on. Documentation can be found in: /usr/share/doc/mailman When the package has finished installing, you will need to perform some additional installation steps, these are described in: /usr/share/doc/mailman/INSTALL.REDHAT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Update to new version 2.1.20. Fix dependency on python-dns. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Wed Apr 1 2015 Jan Kaluza - 3:2.1.20-1 - update to new upstream versino 2.1.20 (#1207900) * Mon Mar 2 2015 Jan Kaluza - 3:2.1.19-1 - update to new upstream version 2.1.19 (#1187894) * Tue Feb 17 2015 Jan Kaluza - 3:2.1.18.1-4 - require python-dns -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1208059 - CVE-2015-2775 mailman: directory traversal in MTA transports that deliver programmatically https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1208059 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the"yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update mailman' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/package-announce.lists.fedoraproject.org/ . The most recent Fedora 22 mailman upgrade resolves dependency issues and improves mailing list manager features, ensuring better protection.. mailman Security, Fedora Updates, Dependency Management, Mailing List Software. . Severity: Informational. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 30, 2015 •Informational Fedora