Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affecting mailman-debugsource package, versions <3:2.1.29-12.module+el8.5.0+703+19300c10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-MAILMANDEBUGSOURCE-3206516
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed21 Oct 2021

Introduced: 21 Oct 2021

CVE-2021-42097  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-352  (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 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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