Amazon Linux 2 : mailman (ALAS-2023-2370)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 186562

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of mailman installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1.15-30. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2370 advisory.

In GNU Mailman before 2.1.36, a crafted URL to the Cgi/options.py user options page can execute arbitrary JavaScript for XSS. (CVE-2021-43331)

In GNU Mailman before 2.1.36, the CSRF token for the Cgi/admindb.py admindb page contains an encrypted version of the list admin password. This could potentially be cracked by a moderator via an offline brute- force attack. (CVE-2021-43332)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'yum update mailman' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 186562

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2370.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 12/4/2023

Updated: 12/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, 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-2021-43331

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43332

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mailman, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mailman-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43331, CVE-2021-43332

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