Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman 2.1.26 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - mailman: Missing CSRF protection in admin web interface (CVE-2016-7123)

  - 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. (CVE-2016-6893)

  - Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman 2.1.26 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to     inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2018-0618)

  - An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be     displayed on a web page from a trusted site. (CVE-2018-13796)

  - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web UI in Mailman before 2.1.26 allows remote attackers to     inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a user-options URL. (CVE-2018-5950)

  - /options/mailman in GNU Mailman before 2.1.31 allows Arbitrary Content Injection. (CVE-2020-12108)

  - GNU Mailman 2.x before 2.1.30 uses the .obj extension for scrubbed application/octet-stream MIME parts.
    This behavior may contribute to XSS attacks against list-archive visitors, because an HTTP reply from an     archive web server may lack a MIME type, and a web browser may perform MIME sniffing, conclude that the     MIME type should have been text/html, and execute JavaScript code. (CVE-2020-12137)

  - GNU Mailman before 2.1.33 allows arbitrary content injection via the Cgi/private.py private archive login     page. (CVE-2020-15011)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - mailman: CSRF token bypass allows to perform CSRF attacks and account takeover (CVE-2021-42097)

  - mailman: CSRF token bypass allows to perform CSRF attacks and admin takeover (CVE-2021-44227)

  - 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. (CVE-2016-6893)

  - Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the admin web interface in GNU Mailman before 2.1.15     allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators. (CVE-2016-7123)

  - Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman 2.1.26 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to     inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2018-0618)

  - An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be     displayed on a web page from a trusted site. (CVE-2018-13796)

  - /options/mailman in GNU Mailman before 2.1.31 allows Arbitrary Content Injection. (CVE-2020-12108)

  - GNU Mailman 2.x before 2.1.30 uses the .obj extension for scrubbed application/octet-stream MIME parts.
    This behavior may contribute to XSS attacks against list-archive visitors, because an HTTP reply from an     archive web server may lack a MIME type, and a web browser may perform MIME sniffing, conclude that the     MIME type should have been text/html, and execute JavaScript code. (CVE-2020-12137)

  - GNU Mailman before 2.1.33 allows arbitrary content injection via the Cgi/private.py private archive login     page. (CVE-2020-15011)

  - In GNU Mailman before 2.1.36, a crafted URL to the Cgi/options.py user options page can execute arbitrary     JavaScript for XSS. (CVE-2021-43331)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-1054 advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be     displayed on a web page from a trusted site. (CVE-2018-13796)

  - Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman 2.1.26 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to     inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2018-0618)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the mailman package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman 2.1.26     and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to     inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified     vectors.(CVE-2018-0618)

  - An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A     crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be displayed on     a web page from a trusted site.(CVE-2018-13796)

  - /options/mailman in GNU Mailman before 2.1.31 allows     Arbitrary Content Injection.(CVE-2020-12108)

  - GNU Mailman 2.x before 2.1.30 uses the .obj extension     for scrubbed application/octet-stream MIME parts. This     behavior may contribute to XSS attacks against     list-archive visitors, because an HTTP reply from an     archive web server may lack a MIME type, and a web     browser may perform MIME sniffing, conclude that the     MIME type should have been text/html, and execute     JavaScript code.(CVE-2020-12137)

  - GNU Mailman before 2.1.33 allows arbitrary content     injection via the Cgi/private.py private archive login     page.(CVE-2020-15011)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the version of the mailman package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman 2.1.26     and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to     inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified     vectors.(CVE-2018-0618)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has mailman packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be     displayed on a web page from a trusted site. (CVE-2018-13796)

  - Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman 2.1.26 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to     inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2018-0618)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has mailman packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be     displayed on a web page from a trusted site. (CVE-2018-13796)

  - Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman 2.1.26 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to     inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2018-0618)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of tested product installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1536 advisory.

  - Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman 2.1.26 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to     inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2018-0618)

  - An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be     displayed on a web page from a trusted site. (CVE-2018-13796)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman 2.1.26 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2018-0618)

An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be displayed on a web page from a trusted site. (CVE-2018-13796)

It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to issue execute arbitrary scripts or HTML. (CVE-2018-0618)

It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to display arbitrary text on a web page. (CVE-2018-13796)

It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-12137).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

* mailman: Cross-site scripting vulnerability allows malicious listowners to inject scripts into listinfo pages * mailman: Mishandled URLs in Utils.py:GetPathPieces() allows attackers to display arbitrary text on trusted sites

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1054 advisory.

  - mailman: Cross-site scripting vulnerability allows     malicious listowners to inject scripts into listinfo     pages (CVE-2018-0618)

  - mailman: Mishandled URLs in Utils.py:GetPathPieces()     allows attackers to display arbitrary text on trusted     sites (CVE-2018-13796)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1054 advisory.

  - mailman: Cross-site scripting vulnerability allows malicious listowners to inject scripts into listinfo     pages (CVE-2018-0618)

  - mailman: Mishandled URLs in Utils.py:GetPathPieces() allows attackers to display arbitrary text on trusted     sites (CVE-2018-13796)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201904-10 (Mailman: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mailman. Please review       the referenced CVE identifier for details.
  Impact :

    Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

This update for mailman to version 2.1.27 fixes the following issues :

This security issue was fixed :

  - CVE-2018-0618: Additional protections against injecting     scripts into listinfo and error messages pages     (bsc#1099510).

These non-security issues were fixed :

  - The hash generated when SUBSCRIBE_FORM_SECRET is set     could have been the same as one generated at the same     time for a different list and IP address.

  - An option has been added to bin/add_members to issue     invitations instead of immediately adding members.

  - A new BLOCK_SPAMHAUS_LISTED_IP_SUBSCRIBE setting has     been added to enable blocking web subscribes from IPv4     addresses listed in Spamhaus SBL, CSS or XBL. It will     work with IPv6 addresses if Python's py2-ipaddress     module is installed. The module can be installed via pip     if not included in your Python.

  - Mailman has a new 'security' log and logs authentication     failures to the various web CGI functions. The logged     data include the remote IP and can be used to automate     blocking of IPs with something like fail2ban. Since     Mailman 2.1.14, these have returned an http 401 status     and the information should be logged by the web server,     but this new log makes that more convenient. Also, the     'mischief' log entries for 'hostile listname' noe     include the remote IP if available.

  - admin notices of (un)subscribes now may give the source     of the action. This consists of a %(whence)s replacement     that has been added to the admin(un)subscribeack.txt     templates. Thanks to Yasuhito FUTATSUKI for updating the     non-English templates and help with internationalizing     the reasons.

  - there is a new BLOCK_SPAMHAUS_LISTED_DBL_SUBSCRIBE     setting to enable blocking web subscribes for addresses     in domains listed in the Spamhaus DBL.

This update for mailman fixes the following issues :

Fixed a XSS vulnerability and information leak in user options CGI, which could be used to execute arbitrary scripts in the user's browser via specially encoded URLs (bsc#1077358 CVE-2018-5950)

Fixed a directory traversal vulnerability in MTA transports when using the recommended Mailman Transport for Exim (bsc#925502 CVE-2015-2775)

Fixed a XSS vulnerability, which allowed malicious listowners to inject scripts into the listinfo pages (bsc#1099510 CVE-2018-0618)

Fixed arbitrary text injection vulnerability in several mailman CGIs (CVE-2018-13796 bsc#1101288)

Fixed a CSRF vulnerability on the user options page (CVE-2016-6893 bsc#995352)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Add fix for CVE-2018-0618 (#1596459)

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Add fix for CVE-2018-0618 (#1596460)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for mailman fixes the following security vulnerabilities :

Fixed a XSS vulnerability and information leak in user options CGI, which could be used to execute arbitrary scripts in the user's browser via specially encoded URLs (bsc#1077358 CVE-2018-5950)

Fixed a directory traversal vulnerability in MTA transports when using the recommended Mailman Transport for Exim (bsc#925502 CVE-2015-2775)

Fixed a XSS vulnerability, which allowed malicious listowners to inject scripts into the listinfo pages (bsc#1099510 CVE-2018-0618)

Fixed arbitrary text injection vulnerability in several mailman CGIs (CVE-2018-13796 bsc#1101288)

Fixed a CSRF vulnerability on the user options page (CVE-2016-6893 bsc#995352)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Toshitsugu Yoneyama of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc.
discovered that mailman, a web-based mailing list manager, is prone to a cross-site scripting flaw allowing a malicious listowner to inject scripts into the listinfo page, due to not validated input in the host_name field.

Mark Sapiro reports :

Existing protections against malicious listowners injecting evil scripts into listinfo pages have had a few more checks added.

A few more error messages have had their values HTML escaped.

The hash generated when SUBSCRIBE_FORM_SECRET is set could have been the same as one generated at the same time for a different list and IP address.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
195540	RHEL 5 : mailman (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
195510	RHEL 6 : mailman (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
180645	Oracle Linux 7 : mailman (ELSA-2020-1054)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
146672	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : mailman (EulerOS-SA-2021-1326)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
146180	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : mailman (EulerOS-SA-2021-1212)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
145106	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : mailman (EulerOS-SA-2021-1096)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
143953	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : mailman Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2020-0061)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	medium
143919	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : mailman Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2020-0091)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	medium
141942	Amazon Linux 2 : mailman (ALAS-2020-1536)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
138637	Amazon Linux AMI : mailman (ALAS-2020-1395)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
136173	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Mailman vulnerabilities (USN-4348-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
135820	Scientific Linux Security Update : mailman on SL7.x x86_64 (20200407)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
135327	CentOS 7 : mailman (CESA-2020:1054)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
135049	RHEL 7 : mailman (RHSA-2020:1054)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
123842	GLSA-201904-10 : Mailman: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	medium
123204	openSUSE Security Update : mailman (openSUSE-2019-495)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
121005	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : mailman (SUSE-SU-2019:13924-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
120928	Fedora 28 : 3:mailman (2018-f8fd4c5798)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
119955	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : mailman (SUSE-SU-2018:4296-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
111089	Debian DSA-4246-1 : mailman - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
110835	openSUSE Security Update : mailman (openSUSE-2018-691)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
110691	FreeBSD : mailman -- hardening against malicious listowners injecting evil HTML scripts (739948e3-78bf-11e8-b23c-080027ac955c)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	medium

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