Security update for mailman

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:14356-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-12137 ( SUSE ): 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2020-12137 ( NVD ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for mailman fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2020-12137: Fixed a XSS vulnerability caused by MIME type confusion (bsc#1170558).

Non-security issue fixed:

  • Fixed rights and ownership on /var/lib/mailman/archives (bsc#1167068).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sleposp3-mailman-14356=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-mailman-14356=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-mailman-14356=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (i586)
    • mailman-2.1.15-9.6.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64 i586)
    • mailman-2.1.15-9.6.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64 i586)
    • mailman-2.1.15-9.6.20.1

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