SUSE SLES11 Security Update : mailman (SUSE-SU-2019:14068-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 125678

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for mailman fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2016-6893: Fixed a Cross-site request forgery vulnerability in the admin web interface (bsc#997205).

Following bug was fixed: Allow CSRF check to pass in mailman web frontend if the list name contains a '+' (bsc#1102416)

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.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security 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 Server 11-SP4-LTSS:zypper in -t patch slessp4-mailman-14068=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch sleposp3-mailman-14068=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-mailman-14068=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-mailman-14068=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 125678

File Name: suse_SU-2019-14068-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/3/2019

Updated: 5/17/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6893

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mailman

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/2/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6893

Detections

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