Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affecting mailman package, versions <4:2.1.15-26.21.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-MAILMAN-1712328
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed2 Sept 2016

Introduced: 2 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-6893  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-352  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 mailman to version 4:2.1.15-26.21.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2018-985.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mailman package and not the mailman package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the user options page in GNU Mailman 2.1.x before 2.1.23 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify an option, as demonstrated by gaining access to the credentials of a victim's account.