Debian DSA-4108-1 : mailman - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 106726

Language:

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Calum Hutton and the Mailman team discovered a cross site scripting and information leak vulnerability in the user options page. A remote attacker could use a crafted URL to steal cookie information or to fish for whether a user is subscribed to a list with a private roster.

Solution

Upgrade the mailman packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.18-2+deb8u2.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.23-1+deb9u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 106726

File Name: debian_DSA-4108.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/12/2018

Updated: 10/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5950

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mailman, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5950

DSA: 4108

Detections

Analytics