SCA: security update for mailman (GHSA-2jg5-xgvv-4wq7)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 408960

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- An issue was discovered in Mailman Core before 3.3.5. An attacker with access to the REST API could use
timing attacks to determine the value of the configured REST API password and then make arbitrary REST API
calls. The REST API is bound to localhost by default, limiting the ability for attackers to exploit this,
but can optionally be made to listen on other interfaces. (CVE-2021-34337)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2jg5-xgvv-4wq7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 408960

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.37

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-34337

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Threat Score: 4.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-34337

cwe: CWE-208