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High RHSA-2021:4913 3 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: mailman security update

Published Sep 16, 2024 · Updated Sep 8, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server mailman 3:2.1.15-30.el7_9.2
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server mailman-debuginfo 3:2.1.15-30.el7_9.2
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation mailman 3:2.1.15-30.el7_9.2
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation mailman-debuginfo 3:2.1.15-30.el7_9.2

Vulnerabilities 3

  • High 8.8
    CVE-2021-44227

    Cross Site Request Forgery in mailman

    In GNU Mailman before 2.1.38, a list member or moderator can get a CSRF token and craft an admin request (using that token) to set a new admin password or make other changes.

    mailman mailman Ubuntu PyPI
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2016-6893

    Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the user options page in GNU Mailman 2.1.x before 2.1.23 allows remo…

    mailman Ubuntu
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2021-42097

    GNU Mailman before 2.1.35 may allow remote Privilege Escalation. A csrf_token value is not specific to a single user ac…

    mailman Ubuntu

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1370155
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2020568
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2026862
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2021/rhsa-2021_4913.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6893
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6893
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6893
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42097
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-42097
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42097
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-44227
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44227
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44227