CVE-2016-6893

NameCVE-2016-6893
DescriptionCross-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-608-1, DSA-3668-1
Debian Bugs835970

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mailman (PTS)buster1:2.1.29-1+deb10u5fixed
buster (security)1:2.1.29-1+deb10u2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mailmansourcewheezy1:2.1.15-1+deb7u2DLA-608-1
mailmansourcejessie1:2.1.18-2+deb8u1DSA-3668-1
mailmansource(unstable)1:2.1.23-1835970

Notes

https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2016-August/000225.html
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1614841
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2016-August/000226.html
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