GNU Mailman up to 2.1.14 cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNU Mailman up to 2.1.14. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2016-7123. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in GNU Mailman up to 2.1.14 (Mail Client Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the admin web interface in GNU Mailman before 2.1.15 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators.

The weakness was presented 09/02/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugs.launchpad.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-7123 since 09/02/2016. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93361 (FreeBSD : mailman -- CSRF hardening in parts of the web interface (9e50dcc3-740b-11e6-94a2-080027ef73ec)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196615 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Mailman Vulnerabilities (USN-3118-1)).

Upgrading to version 2.1.15 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (93361) and SecurityFocus (BID 92732†). See VDB-91047 for similar entry. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 93361
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mailman -- CSRF hardening in parts of the web interface (9e50dcc3-740b-11e6-94a2-080027ef73ec)
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OpenVAS ID: 100475
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for mailman USN-3118-1
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mailman 2.1.15

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09/02/2016 🔍
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09/03/2016 +1 days 🔍
09/06/2016 +3 days 🔍
09/08/2016 +2 days 🔍
09/14/2022 +2197 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: bugs.launchpad.net
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CVE: CVE-2016-7123 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7123
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91048
SecurityFocus: 92732 - GNU Mailman CVE-2016-7123 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037160

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/03/2016 10:15
Updated: 09/14/2022 16:13
Changes: 09/03/2016 10:15 (66), 04/07/2019 16:33 (13), 09/14/2022 16:13 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:A52:103

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