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Red Hat: CVE-2016-6893: Important: mailman security update (RHSA-2021:4913)

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2016-6893: Important: mailman security update (RHSA-2021:4913)
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2016-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, Red Hat, 2016, 6893, Important, redhat-upgrade-mailman, redhat-upgrade-mailman-debuginfo, Severity 7

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Published

Sep 2, 2016

Added

Dec 3, 2021

Modified

Feb 19, 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.

Solutions

redhat-upgrade-mailmanredhat-upgrade-mailman-debuginfo

References

BID-92731
DEBIAN-DSA-3668
NVD-CVE-2016-6893

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