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FreeBSD: VID-8d65aa3b-31ce-11ec-8c32-a14e8e520dc7 (CVE-2021-42097): mailman -- brute-force vuln on list admin password, and CSRF vuln in releases before 2.1.35

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 20, 2021
Added
Nov 4, 2022
Modified
Jun 15, 2026

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).

Solutions

freebsd-upgrade-package-mailmanfreebsd-upgrade-package-mailman-with-htdig
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