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AlmaLinux 8 : mailman:2.1 (ALSA-2021:4826)

high Nessus Plugin ID 157543

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2021:4826 advisory.

 * 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-4826.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 157543

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2021-4826.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 2/9/2022

Updated: 1/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, 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:alma:linux:mailman, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/23/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2021

Reference Information

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