Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting mailman:2.1/mailman package, versions <3:2.1.29-10.module+el8.3.0+6860+8e47d84b


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.16% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-MAILMAN-3876939
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed24 Feb 2020

Introduced: 24 Feb 2020

CVE-2020-12137  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 mailman:2.1/mailman to version 3:2.1.29-10.module+el8.3.0+6860+8e47d84b or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4667.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mailman:2.1/mailman package and not the mailman:2.1/mailman package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU Mailman 2.x before 2.1.30 uses the .obj extension for scrubbed application/octet-stream MIME parts. This behavior may contribute to XSS attacks against list-archive visitors, because an HTTP reply from an archive web server may lack a MIME type, and a web browser may perform MIME sniffing, conclude that the MIME type should have been text/html, and execute JavaScript code.

CVSS Scores

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