An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be displayed on a web page from a trusted site.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - mailman: Missing CSRF protection in admin web interface (CVE-2016-7123)

  - Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the user options page in GNU Mailman 2.1.x before     2.1.23 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify an     option, as demonstrated by gaining access to the credentials of a victim's account. (CVE-2016-6893)

  - Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman 2.1.26 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to     inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2018-0618)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - mailman: directory traversal in MTA transports that deliver programmatically (CVE-2015-2775)

  - mailman: Missing CSRF protection in admin web interface (CVE-2016-7123)

  - Pipermail in Mailman stores private mail messages with predictable filenames in a world-executable     directory, which allows local users to read private mailing list archives. (CVE-2002-0389)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-1054 advisory.

    - Resolves: #1599692 - Sanitize input on listinfo page (CVE-2018-0618)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the mailman package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman 2.1.26     and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to     inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified     vectors.(CVE-2018-0618)

  - An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A     crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be displayed on     a web page from a trusted site.(CVE-2018-13796)

  - /options/mailman in GNU Mailman before 2.1.31 allows     Arbitrary Content Injection.(CVE-2020-12108)

  - GNU Mailman 2.x before 2.1.30 uses the .obj extension     for scrubbed application/octet-stream MIME parts. This     behavior may contribute to XSS attacks against     list-archive visitors, because an HTTP reply from an     archive web server may lack a MIME type, and a web     browser may perform MIME sniffing, conclude that the     MIME type should have been text/html, and execute     JavaScript code.(CVE-2020-12137)

  - GNU Mailman before 2.1.33 allows arbitrary content     injection via the Cgi/private.py private archive login     page.(CVE-2020-15011)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has mailman packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be     displayed on a web page from a trusted site. (CVE-2018-13796)

  - Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman 2.1.26 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to     inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2018-0618)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has mailman packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be     displayed on a web page from a trusted site. (CVE-2018-13796)

  - Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman 2.1.26 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to     inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2018-0618)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the version of the mailman package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A     crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be displayed on     a web page from a trusted site.(CVE-2018-13796)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The version of mailman installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1.15-30. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1536 advisory.

    A cross-site scripting vulnerability (XSS) has been discovered in mailman due to the host_name field not     being properly validated. A malicious list owner could use this flaw to create a specially crafted list     and inject client-side scripts. (CVE-2018-0618)

    An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be     displayed on a web page from a trusted site. (CVE-2018-13796)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of mailman installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1.15-30.25. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2020-1395 advisory.

    Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman 2.1.26 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to     inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2018-0618)

    An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be     displayed on a web page from a trusted site. (CVE-2018-13796)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Mark Sapiro reports :

A content injection vulnerability via the options login page has been discovered and reported by Vishal Singh.

An issue similar to CVE-2018-13796 exists at different endpoint & param. It can lead to a phishing attack.

(added 2020-05-07) This is essentially the same as https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1873722 except the vector is the private archive login page and the attack only succeeds if the list's roster visibility (private_roster) setting is 'Anyone'.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4348-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to     issue execute arbitrary scripts or HTML. (CVE-2018-0618)

    It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to display arbitrary text on a web page. (CVE-2018-13796)

    It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-12137)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

* mailman: Cross-site scripting vulnerability allows malicious listowners to inject scripts into listinfo pages * mailman: Mishandled URLs in Utils.py:GetPathPieces() allows attackers to display arbitrary text on trusted sites

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1054 advisory.

  - Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman 2.1.26 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to     inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2018-0618)

  - An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be     displayed on a web page from a trusted site. (CVE-2018-13796)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1054 advisory.

    Mailman is a program used to help manage e-mail discussion lists.

    Security Fix(es):

    * mailman: Cross-site scripting vulnerability allows malicious listowners to inject scripts into listinfo     pages (CVE-2018-0618)

    * mailman: Mishandled URLs in Utils.py:GetPathPieces() allows attackers to display arbitrary text on     trusted sites (CVE-2018-13796)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201904-10 (Mailman: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mailman. Please review       the referenced CVE identifier for details.
  Impact :

    Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

This update for mailman fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

  - CVE-2018-13796: Fix a content spoofing vulnerability     with invalid list name messages inside the web UI     (boo#1101288).

Bug fixes :

  - update to 2.1.29 :

  - Fixed the listinfo and admin overview pages that were     broken 

  - update to 2.1.28 :

  - It is now possible to edit HTML and text templates via     the web admin UI in a supported language other than the     list's preferred_language.

  - The Japanese translation has been updated

  - The German translation has been updated

  - The Esperanto translation has been updated

  - The BLOCK_SPAMHAUS_LISTED_DBL_SUBSCRIBE feature added in     2.1.27 was not working. This is fixed.

  - Escaping of HTML entities for the web UI is now done     more selectively.

This update for mailman fixes the following issues :

Fixed a XSS vulnerability and information leak in user options CGI, which could be used to execute arbitrary scripts in the user's browser via specially encoded URLs (bsc#1077358 CVE-2018-5950)

Fixed a directory traversal vulnerability in MTA transports when using the recommended Mailman Transport for Exim (bsc#925502 CVE-2015-2775)

Fixed a XSS vulnerability, which allowed malicious listowners to inject scripts into the listinfo pages (bsc#1099510 CVE-2018-0618)

Fixed arbitrary text injection vulnerability in several mailman CGIs (CVE-2018-13796 bsc#1101288)

Fixed a CSRF vulnerability on the user options page (CVE-2016-6893 bsc#995352)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

New version 2.1.29. Security fix for CVE-2018-13796

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for mailman fixes the following security vulnerabilities :

Fixed a XSS vulnerability and information leak in user options CGI, which could be used to execute arbitrary scripts in the user's browser via specially encoded URLs (bsc#1077358 CVE-2018-5950)

Fixed a directory traversal vulnerability in MTA transports when using the recommended Mailman Transport for Exim (bsc#925502 CVE-2015-2775)

Fixed a XSS vulnerability, which allowed malicious listowners to inject scripts into the listinfo pages (bsc#1099510 CVE-2018-0618)

Fixed arbitrary text injection vulnerability in several mailman CGIs (CVE-2018-13796 bsc#1101288)

Fixed a CSRF vulnerability on the user options page (CVE-2016-6893 bsc#995352)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Mark Sapiro reports :

A URL with a very long text listname such as http://www.example.com/mailman/listinfo/This_is_a_long_string_with_som e_phishing_text will echo the text in the 'No such list' error response. This can be used to make a potential victim think the phishing text comes from a trusted site.

This issue was discovered by Hammad Qureshi.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198394	RHEL 6 : mailman (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
198363	RHEL 5 : mailman (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
195540	RHEL 5 : mailman (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
195510	RHEL 6 : mailman (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
180645	Oracle Linux 7 : mailman (ELSA-2020-1054)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
146672	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : mailman (EulerOS-SA-2021-1326)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
145106	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : mailman (EulerOS-SA-2021-1096)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
143953	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : mailman Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2020-0061)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	medium
143919	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : mailman Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2020-0091)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	medium
142081	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : mailman (EulerOS-SA-2020-2291)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
141942	Amazon Linux 2 : mailman (ALAS-2020-1536)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
138637	Amazon Linux AMI : mailman (ALAS-2020-1395)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
136385	FreeBSD : mailman -- arbitrary content injection vulnerability via options or private archive login pages (88760f4d-8ef7-11ea-a66d-4b2ef158be83)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	medium
136173	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Mailman vulnerabilities (USN-4348-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
135820	Scientific Linux Security Update : mailman on SL7.x x86_64 (20200407)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
135327	CentOS 7 : mailman (RHSA-2020:1054)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
135049	RHEL 7 : mailman (RHSA-2020:1054)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
123842	GLSA-201904-10 : Mailman: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	medium
123238	openSUSE Security Update : mailman (openSUSE-2019-556)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
121005	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : mailman (SUSE-SU-2019:13924-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
120857	Fedora 28 : 3:mailman (2018-e071e178f8)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
119955	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : mailman (SUSE-SU-2018:4296-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
111669	openSUSE Security Update : mailman (openSUSE-2018-861)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
111478	FreeBSD : mailman -- content spoofing with invalid list names in web UI (b4f0ad36-94a5-11e8-9007-080027ac955c)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	medium

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