USN-5121-2: mailman Ubuntu
Vulnerability summary
USN-5121-2 is a vulnerability in mailman Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 5 · Downstream 0 · Related 5Timeline
- 01-11-2021PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 10-02-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
mailman vulnerabilities USN-5009-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Mailman. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. In addition, the following CVEs were fixed: It was discovered that Mailman allows arbitrary content injection. An attacker could use this to inject malicious content. (CVE-2020-12108, CVE-2020-15011) It was discovered that Mailman improperly sanitize the MIME content. An attacker could obtain sensitive information by sending a special type of attachment. (CVE-2020-12137) Original advisory details: Andre Protas, Richard Cloke, and Andy Nuttall discovered that Mailman did not properly associate cross-site request forgery (CSRF) tokens to specific accounts. A remote attacker could use this to perform a CSRF attack to gain access to another account. (CVE-2021-42097) Andre Protas, Richard Cloke, and Andy Nuttall discovered that Mailman’s cross-site request forgery (CSRF) tokens for the options page are derived from the admin password. A remote attacker could possibly use this to assist in performing a brute force attack against the admin password. (CVE-2021-42096)
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Public exploits
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Weaknesses
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Affected systems
Ubuntu1 product
- mailman< 1:2.1.29-1ubuntu3.1
1 vendor · 1 product