QID 198547

Date Published: 2021-10-29

QID 198547: Ubuntu Security Notification for Mailman Vulnerabilities (USN-5121-1)

Mailman did not properly associate cross-site request forgery (csrf) tokens to specific accounts.
Mailman's cross-site request forgery (csrf) tokens for the options page are derived from the admin password.

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

a remote attacker could use this to perform a csrf attack to gain access to another account. (
Cve-2021-42097).
A remote attacker could possibly use this to assist in performing a brute force attack against the admin password. (
Cve-2021-42096).

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Critical - 8.5 severity.
    • Solution
    Refer to Ubuntu advisory: USN-5121-1 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 198547

    CVE-2021-42097 | CVE-2021-42096 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    USN-5121-1 Ubuntu Linux URL Logo ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5121-1
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