Upstream information

CVE-2021-42096 at MITRE

Description

GNU Mailman before 2.1.35 may allow remote Privilege Escalation. A certain csrf_token value is derived from the admin password, and may be useful in conducting a brute-force attack against that password.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 4.3 5.3
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low High
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact Low High
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact None None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1191959 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
HPE Helion OpenStack 8
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.26.1
Patchnames:
HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2022-1886
SUSE Liberty Linux 8
  • mailman >= 2.1.29-12.module+el8.5.0+13211+e8845b76.1
Patchnames:
RHSA-2021:4826
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.26.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2022-1886
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.26.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2022-1886
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.26.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-ESPOS-2022-1886
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.26.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2022-1886
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.26.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-ESPOS-2022-1886
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.26.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-LTSS-2022-1886
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.26.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-1886
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.26.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2022-1886
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.26.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2022-1886
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.26.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2022-1886
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.26.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2022-1886
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.26.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2022-1886
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.26.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2022-1886
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP2
  • mailman >= 2.1.35-bp152.7.6.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-2021-1452
openSUSE Leap 15.2
  • mailman >= 2.1.35-lp152.7.6.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-2021-1436


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 mailman Released
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL mailman Released
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 mailman Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 mailman Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 mailman Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS mailman Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 mailman Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 mailman Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 mailman Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 mailman Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 mailman Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 mailman Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP2 mailman Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Oct 21 10:00:19 2021
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 30 18:14:39 2023