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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.845117
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5121-2)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'mailman' package(s) announced via the USN-5121-2 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'mailman' package(s) announced via the USN-5121-2 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
USN-5009-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Mailman. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. In addition, the following CVEs
were fixed:

It was discovered that Mailman allows arbitrary content injection. An attacker
could use this to inject malicious content. (CVE-2020-12108, CVE-2020-15011)

It was discovered that Mailman improperly sanitize the MIME content. An
attacker could obtain sensitive information by sending a special type of
attachment. (CVE-2020-12137)

Original advisory details:

Andre Protas, Richard Cloke, and Andy Nuttall discovered that Mailman
did not properly associate cross-site request forgery (CSRF) tokens
to specific accounts. A remote attacker could use this to perform a
CSRF attack to gain access to another account. (CVE-2021-42097)

Andre Protas, Richard Cloke, and Andy Nuttall discovered that Mailman's
cross-site request forgery (CSRF) tokens for the options page are
derived from the admin password. A remote attacker could possibly use
this to assist in performing a brute force attack against the admin
password. (CVE-2021-42096)

Affected Software/OS:
'mailman' package(s) on Ubuntu 20.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
8.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-12108
Debian Security Information: DSA-4991 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4991
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/74EQIVFB34Q4UYAQLCUWG55YLKAUWCHD/
https://code.launchpad.net/mailman
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00007.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00007.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0661 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00036.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0764 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00003.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1707 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00047.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1752 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00063.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4354-1/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-12137
Debian Security Information: DSA-4664 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4664
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6YCMGTTOXXCVM4O6CYZLTZDX6YLYORNF/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4COSBBEMJYLV7WSW5QTUJUOFJFK47KK/
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mailman-coders/mailman/2.1/view/head:/NEWS
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/24/2
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/24/3
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00002.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/24/3
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4348-1/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-15011
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1877379
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00036.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4406-1/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-42096
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/21/4
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-42097
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