csaf_redhat - rhsa-2021

rhsa-2021_5081

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat

Published

2021-12-13 08:28

Modified

2024-11-22 17:56

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: mailman:2.1 security update

Notes

Topic

An update for the mailman:2.1 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Details

Mailman is a program used to help manage e-mail discussion lists. Security Fix(es): * mailman: CSRF token bypass allows to perform CSRF attacks and admin takeover (CVE-2021-44227) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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}

cve-2021-44227

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-12-02 02:52

Modified

2024-08-04 04:17

Severity ?

Summary

In GNU Mailman before 2.1.38, a list member or moderator can get a CSRF token and craft an admin request (using that token) to set a new admin password or make other changes.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1952384	x_refsource_MISC
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00011.html	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	n/a	n/a

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Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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