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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Mailman vulnerabilities (USN-3118-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 94467

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3118-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that the Mailman administrative web interface did not protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. If an authenticated user were tricked into visiting a malicious website while logged into Mailman, a remote attacker could perform administrative actions. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-7123)

 Nishant Agarwala discovered that the Mailman user options page did not protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. If an authenticated user were tricked into visiting a malicious website while logged into Mailman, a remote attacker could modify user options. (CVE-2016-6893)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3118-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94467

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3118-1.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/2/2016

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2016-7123

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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mailman, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/2/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6893, CVE-2016-7123

USN: 3118-1