FKIE_CVE-2021-42097

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-10-21 01:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:09
Severity
8.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
GNU Mailman before 2.1.35 may allow remote Privilege Escalation. A csrf_token value is not specific to a single user account. An attacker can obtain a value within the context of an unprivileged user account, and then use that value in a CSRF attack against an admin (e.g., for account takeover).
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/21/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1947640Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-announce%40python.org/thread/IKCO6JU755AP5G5TKMBJL6IEZQTTNPDQ/
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4991Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/21/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1947640Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-announce%40python.org/thread/IKCO6JU755AP5G5TKMBJL6IEZQTTNPDQ/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4991Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu mailman *
debian debian_linux 10.0
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