vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2016-6893: ELSA-2021-4913: mailman security update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 19, 2016
Added
Dec 3, 2021
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

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

oracle-linux-upgrade-mailman
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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