FreeBSD : mailman -- brute-force vuln on list admin password, and CSRF vuln in releases before 2.1.35 (8d65aa3b-31ce-11ec-8c32-a14e8e520dc7)

high Nessus Plugin ID 154315

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Mark Sapiro reports :

A potential for for a list member to carry out an off-line brute-force attack to obtain the list admin password has been reported by Andre Protas, Richard Cloke and Andy Nuttall of Apple. This is fixed.

A CSRF attack via the user options page could allow takeover of a users account. This is fixed.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 154315

File Name: freebsd_pkg_8d65aa3b31ce11ec8c32a14e8e520dc7.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 10/21/2021

Updated: 1/26/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-42097

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mailman-with-htdig, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mailman, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-42096, CVE-2021-42097

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