Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts Affecting mailman-debugsource package, versions <3:2.1.29-12.module+el8.5.0+703+19300c10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-MAILMANDEBUGSOURCE-3206507
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed21 Oct 2021

Introduced: 21 Oct 2021

CVE-2021-42096  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-307  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 mailman-debugsource to version 3:2.1.29-12.module+el8.5.0+703+19300c10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:4826.

NVD Description

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

GNU Mailman before 2.1.35 may allow remote Privilege Escalation. A certain csrf_token value is derived from the admin password, and may be useful in conducting a brute-force attack against that password.

CVSS Scores

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