CVE-2021-42097

CVE Details

Release Date:

2021-10-21

Description

GNU Mailman before 2.1.35 may allow remote Privilege Escalation. A csrf_token value is not specific to a single user account. An attacker can obtain a value within the context of an unprivileged user account, and then use that value in a CSRF attack against an admin (e.g., for account takeover).

See more information about CVE-2021-42097 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	Required
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (mailman)	ELSA-2021-4913	2021-12-03
Oracle Linux version 8 (mailman)	ELSA-2021-4826	2021-11-24

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