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Ubuntu: USN-3118-1 (CVE-2016-6893): Mailman vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3118-1 (CVE-2016-6893): Mailman vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/02/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/01/2016
Modified
04/25/2018

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(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-mailman

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