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FreeBSD: VID-9D7A2B54-4468-11EC-8532-0D24C37C72C8 (CVE-2021-43332): mailman -- 2.1.37 fixes XSS via user options, and moderator offline brute-force vuln against list admin password

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FreeBSD: VID-9D7A2B54-4468-11EC-8532-0D24C37C72C8 (CVE-2021-43332): mailman -- 2.1.37 fixes XSS via user options, and moderator offline brute-force vuln against list admin password

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/01/2021
Created
11/08/2022
Added
11/04/2022
Modified
11/04/2022

Description

In GNU Mailman before 2.1.36, the CSRF token for the Cgi/admindb.py admindb page contains an encrypted version of the list admin password. This could potentially be cracked by a moderator via an offline brute-force attack.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-mailman
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-mailman-exim4
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-mailman-exim4-with-htdig
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-mailman-postfix
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-mailman-postfix-with-htdig
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-mailman-with-htdig

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