Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affecting mailman package, versions <1:2.1.23-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-MAILMAN-381335
  • published2 Sept 2016
  • 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 Debian:10 mailman to version 1:2.1.23-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mailman package and not the mailman package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 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.