Cross-site Scripting (XSS) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package mailman (opens in a new tab)
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- published23 Jan 2018
- disclosed23 Jan 2018
Introduced: 23 Jan 2018
CVE-2018-5950 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:unstable.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mailman package and not the mailman package as distributed by Debian.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web UI in Mailman before 2.1.26 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a user-options URL.
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1747209
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4108
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00007.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5950
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159761/Mailman-2.1.23-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- https://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/msg70375.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0504
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0505
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104594
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-5950
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3563-1/
- https://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/msg70375.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48970