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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-42097: Important: mailman:2.1 security update (ALSA-2021-4826)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-42097: Important: mailman:2.1 security update (ALSA-2021-4826)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/21/2021
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
05/04/2022

Description

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).

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-mailman

References

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