Upstream information

CVE-2016-6893 at MITRE

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the user options page in GNU Mailman 2.1.x before 2.1.23 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify an option, as demonstrated by gaining access to the credentials of a victim's account.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 6.8 3.5
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network Network
Access Complexity Medium Medium
Authentication None Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial Partial
Integrity Impact Partial None
Availability Impact Partial None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 8.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 995352 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 997205 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.3.3
Patchnames:
SUSE-Storage-4-2018-3062
SUSE Liberty Linux 7
SUSE Liberty Linux 7 LTSS
  • mailman >= 2.1.15-30.el7_9.2
Patchnames:
RHSA-2021:4913
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.8.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 GA mailman-2.1.17-3.8.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3
  • mailman >= 2.1.15-9.6.12.1
Patchnames:
sleposp3-mailman-13924
sleposp3-mailman-14068
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.3.3
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-POS-12-SP2-CLIENT-2018-3062
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS
  • mailman >= 2.1.15-9.6.6.1
Patchnames:
slessp3-mailman-13924
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
  • mailman >= 2.1.15-9.6.12.1
Patchnames:
slessp4-mailman-14068
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
  • mailman >= 2.1.15-9.6.6.1
Patchnames:
slessp4-mailman-13649
slessp4-mailman-13924
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.3.3
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-3062
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.3.3
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2018-3062
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.3.3
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-3062
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.3.3
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-3062
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.3.3
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2018-3062
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.8.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 GA mailman-2.1.17-3.8.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.3.3
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2018-3062
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.3.3
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2018-3062
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.3.3
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2018-3062
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.3.3
Patchnames:
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2018-3062
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • mailman >= 2.1.23-1.2
Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10215


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 mailman Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 mailman Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS mailman Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS mailman Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 mailman Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL mailman Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS mailman Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS mailman Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS mailman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 mailman Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 mailman Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 mailman Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 mailman Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 mailman Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 mailman Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 mailman Affected
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security mailman Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Aug 23 16:48:20 2016
CVE page last modified: Tue Oct 8 18:12:44 2024