HIGH
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
Published Jan 19, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.62%
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
No data.
OR
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.11
- 2.0.12
- 2.0.13
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.4
- 2.1b1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.62% 0.01616
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01616
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.62% (0.01616) | 75.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.62% (0.01616) | 72.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.91% (0.00911) | 74.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.06% (0.01060) | 84.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 27, 2023 | 1.06% (0.01060) | 82.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.35% (0.01349) | 84.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286796 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110549296126351&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13603/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18857 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286796 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110549296126351&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/13603/ | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18857 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 19, 2005
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Dec 6, 2004
Link CVE-2004-1143
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a