Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Affecting mailman package, versions <3:2.1.15-30.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-MAILMAN-1521651
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed23 Jul 2018

Introduced: 23 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-13796  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-345  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 mailman to version 3:2.1.15-30.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1054.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mailman package and not the mailman package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be displayed on a web page from a trusted site.