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Unscored USN-3118-1 2 CVEs

mailman vulnerabilities

Published Nov 1, 2016 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that the Mailman administrative web interface did not
protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. If an
authenticated user were tricked into visiting a malicious website while
logged into Mailman, a remote attacker could perform administrative
actions. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-7123)

Nishant Agarwala discovered that the Mailman user options page did not
protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. If an
authenticated user were tricked into visiting a malicious website while
logged into Mailman, a remote attacker could modify user options.
(CVE-2016-6893)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS mailman 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS mailman 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.1

Vulnerabilities 2

  • 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-2016-7123

    Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the admin web interface in GNU Mailman before 2.1.15 allows remote a…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6893
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7123