CVE-2021-42096

Description

GNU Mailman before 2.1.35 may allow remote Privilege Escalation. A certain csrf_token value is derived from the admin password, and may be useful in conducting a brute-force attack against that password.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-307

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/21/4
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1947639
• https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-announce%40python.org/thread/IKCO6…
• https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4991
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/21/4
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1947639