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CVE-2004-1143
The password generation in mailman before 2.1.5 generates only 5 million unique passwords, which makes it easier for remote attackers to…
High7.5EPSS 1.6%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20050110 [USN-59-1] mailman vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- mailman-weak-encryption(18857) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286796 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2005:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 13603 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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