CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-42096
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-10-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-307
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 configurations
• gnu mailman (< 2.1.35)
• debian debian linux 10.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/21/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1947639 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-announce%40python.org/thread/IKCO6JU755AP5G5TKMBJL6IEZQTTNPDQ/ mail.python.org
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4991 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/21/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1947639 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-announce%40python.org/thread/IKCO6JU755AP5G5TKMBJL6IEZQTTNPDQ/ mail.python.org
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4991 Third Party Advisory