usn-5121-2
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
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)
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"id": "CVE-2020-15011",
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"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
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"id": "CVE-2021-42096",
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"id": "CVE-2021-42097",
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],
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}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "mailman",
"binary_version": "1:2.1.29-1ubuntu3.1"
}
]
},
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"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
"name": "mailman",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/mailman@1:2.1.29-1ubuntu3.1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
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"aliases": [],
"details": "USN-5009-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Mailman. This update provides the\ncorresponding updates for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. In addition, the following CVEs\nwere fixed:\n\nIt was discovered that Mailman allows arbitrary content injection. An attacker\ncould use this to inject malicious content. (CVE-2020-12108, CVE-2020-15011)\n\nIt was discovered that Mailman improperly sanitize the MIME content. An\nattacker could obtain sensitive information by sending a special type of\nattachment. (CVE-2020-12137)\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\nAndre Protas, Richard Cloke, and Andy Nuttall discovered that Mailman\ndid not properly associate cross-site request forgery (CSRF) tokens\nto specific accounts. A remote attacker could use this to perform a\nCSRF attack to gain access to another account. (CVE-2021-42097)\n\nAndre Protas, Richard Cloke, and Andy Nuttall discovered that Mailman\u2019s\ncross-site request forgery (CSRF) tokens for the options page are\nderived from the admin password. A remote attacker could possibly use\nthis to assist in performing a brute force attack against the admin\npassword. (CVE-2021-42096)\n",
"id": "USN-5121-2",
"modified": "2026-02-10T04:42:21Z",
"published": "2021-11-01T11:49:48Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5121-2"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12108"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12137"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15011"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-42096"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-42097"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "mailman vulnerabilities",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12108",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12137",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15011",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42096",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42097"
]
}
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