Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affecting mailman:2.1/mailman package, versions <3:2.1.29-4.module+el8.1.0+13242+45286865.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (67th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-MAILMAN-3948506
  • published6 Nov 2021
  • disclosed21 Oct 2021

Introduced: 21 Oct 2021

CVE-2021-42097  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-352  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 mailman:2.1/mailman to version 3:2.1.29-4.module+el8.1.0+13242+45286865.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:4838.

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 before 2.1.35 may allow remote Privilege Escalation. A csrf_token value is not specific to a single user account. An attacker can obtain a value within the context of an unprivileged user account, and then use that value in a CSRF attack against an admin (e.g., for account takeover).

CVSS Scores

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