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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Mailman vulnerabilities (USN-4348-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 136173

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Synopsis

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

Description

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.

Solution

Update the affected mailman package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4348-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 136173

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4348-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/30/2020

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12137

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-13796

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mailman, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0618, CVE-2018-13796, CVE-2020-12137

USN: 4348-1