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Debian: CVE-2016-6893: mailman -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 2, 2016
Added
Sep 15, 2016
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Cross-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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-mailman
Title
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