RHEL 8 : mailman:2.1 (RHSA-2021:4838)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155720

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for mailman:2.1.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:4838 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* mailman: CSRF token bypass allows to perform CSRF attacks and account takeover (CVE-2021-42097)

* mailman: CSRF token derived from admin password allows offline brute-force attack (CVE-2021-42096)

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.

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.

Solution

Update the RHEL mailman:2.1 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:4838.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155720

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-4838.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/29/2021

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mailman

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2021

Reference Information

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

CWE: 200, 352

RHSA: 2021:4838

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