CVE-2016-6893

Summary

CVECVE-2016-6893
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-02 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-13 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the user options page in GNU Mailman 2.1.x before 2.1.23 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify an option, as demonstrated by gaining access to the credentials of a victim's account.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-352

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.1 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.10 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.10 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.10b1 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.10b3 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.10b4 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.11 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.11 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.11 rc2 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.12 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.12 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.12 rc2 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.13 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.13 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.14 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.14 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.14-1 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.15 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.15 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.16 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.16 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.16 rc2 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.16 rc3 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.17 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.18 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.18 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.18 rc2 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.18 rc3 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.18-1 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.19 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.19 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.19 rc2 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.19 rc3 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.2 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.20 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.21 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.21 rc2 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.22 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.23 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.3 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.4 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.5 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.6 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.8 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.9 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.1 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.10 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.10 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.10b1 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.10b3 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.10b4 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.11 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.11 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.11 rc2 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.12 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.12 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.12 rc2 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.13 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.13 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.14 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.14 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.14-1 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.15 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.15 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.16 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.16 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.16 rc2 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.16 rc3 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.17 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.18 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.18 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.18 rc2 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.18 rc3 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.18-1 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.19 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.19 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.19 rc2 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.19 rc3 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.2 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.20 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.21 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.21 rc2 All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.22 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.23 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.3 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.4 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.5 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.6 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.8 All All All
Application Gnu Mailman 2.1.9 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mailman Access Control Flaw in User Options Page Lets Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Bug #1614841 “CSRF protection needs to be extended to the user o...” : Bugs : GNU Mailman CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net Issue Tracking
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3668-1 mailman DEBIAN www.debian.org
GNU Mailman CVE-2016-6893 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159545 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for mailman (ELSA-2021-4913)
  • 239928 Red Hat Update for mailman (RHSA-2021:4913)
  • 257134 CentOS Security Update for mailman (CESA-2021:4913)
  • 353123 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for mailman : ALAS2-2022-1740
  • 377175 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for mailman (ALINUX2-SA-2021:0069)
  • 671247 EulerOS Security Update for mailman (EulerOS-SA-2022-1177)
  • 671336 EulerOS Security Update for mailman (EulerOS-SA-2022-1277)
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