CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-42096

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.

4 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

4.3 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-announce@python.org/thread/IKCO6JU755AP5G5TKMBJL6IEZQTTNPDQ/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1947639 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/21/4 Mailing List Patch
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4991 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-10-21 01:15

Updated : 2021-11-05 06:28

NVD link : CVE-2021-42096

Mitre link : CVE-2021-42096

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-307

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts