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alsa-2021:4916

Vulnerability from osv_almalinux

Published

2021-12-02 15:57

Modified

2021-12-03 11:06

Summary

Important: mailman:2.1 security update

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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  "id": "ALSA-2021:4916",
  "modified": "2021-12-03T11:06:49Z",
  "published": "2021-12-02T15:57:01Z",
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      "url": "https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-4916.html"
    },
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    }
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  "summary": "Important: mailman:2.1 security update"
}

CVE-2021-44227 (GCVE-0-2021-44227)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-02 02:52 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:17

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.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1952384	x_refsource_MISC
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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