Timing Attack Affecting mailman package, versions [,3.3.5)


Severity

0.0
medium
0
10

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-MAILMAN-2388588
  • published 30 Jan 2022
  • disclosed 4 Dec 2021
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade mailman to version 3.3.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack when checking password validity via the REST API.

Note: This is only exploitable if an attacker can directly access the REST API, which is bound to localhost by default.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

6.3 medium
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Red Hat

7.4 high