AlmaLinux 8 : mailman:2.1 (ALSA-2021:4916)

high Nessus Plugin ID 157690

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2021:4916 advisory.

* mailman: CSRF token bypass allows to perform CSRF attacks and admin takeover (CVE-2021-44227)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2021-4916.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 157690

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2021-4916.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: 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-2021-44227

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: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mailman, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/2/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-44227