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.

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

    Mailman is a program used to help manage e-mail discussion lists.

    Security Fix(es):

    * 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)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

The version of mailman installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1.15-30.25. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2020-1395 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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.

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.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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 relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

远程 Oracle Linux 7 主机上安装的一个程序包受到 ELSA-2020-1054 公告中提及的多个漏洞影响。

  - 在 GNU Mailman 2.1.28 之前的版本中发现问题。构建的 URL 可导致任意文本显示在受信任站点的网页上。(CVE-2018-13796)

  - Mailman 2.1.26 及更低版本中的跨站脚本漏洞允许经过身份验证的远程攻击者通过不明向量注入任意 Web 脚本或 HTML。(CVE-2018-0618)

请注意，Nessus 尚未测试这些问题，而是只依据应用程序自我报告的版本号进行判断。

远程主机受到 GLSA-201904-10 中所述漏洞的影响（Mailman：多个漏洞）在 Mailman 中发现多个漏洞。如需详细信息，请查看供参考的 CVE 标识符。影响：如需详细信息，请查看供参考的 CVE 标识符。解决方法：目前无任何已知的解决方法。

远程 CentOS Linux 7 主机上安装的一个程序包受到 RHSA-2020:1054 公告中提及的多个漏洞影响。

  - Mailman 2.1.26 及更低版本中的跨站脚本漏洞允许经过身份验证的远程攻击者通过不明向量注入任意 Web 脚本或 HTML。(CVE-2018-0618)

  - 在 GNU Mailman 2.1.28 之前的版本中发现问题。构建的 URL 可导致任意文本显示在受信任站点的网页上。(CVE-2018-13796)

请注意，Nessus 尚未测试这些问题，而是只依据应用程序自我报告的版本号进行判断。

运行 CORE 5.05/MAIN 5.05 版本的远程 NewStart CGSL 主机上安装的 mailman 程序包受到多个漏洞的影响：

  - 在 GNU Mailman 2.1.28 之前的版本中发现问题。构建的 URL 可导致任意文本显示在受信任站点的网页上。(CVE-2018-13796)

  - Mailman 2.1.26 及更低版本中的跨站脚本漏洞允许经过身份验证的远程攻击者通过不明向量注入任意 Web 脚本或 HTML。(CVE-2018-0618)

请注意，Nessus 尚未测试此问题，而是只依赖于应用程序自我报告的版本号。

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
111089	Debian DSA-4246-1 : mailman - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	7/16/2018	9/4/2024	medium
146180	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : mailman (EulerOS-SA-2021-1212)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	2/4/2021	1/23/2024	medium
135049	RHEL 7 : mailman (RHSA-2020:1054)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	4/1/2020	11/8/2024	medium
138637	Amazon Linux AMI : mailman (ALAS-2020-1395)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	7/20/2020	12/11/2024	medium
145106	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : mailman (EulerOS-SA-2021-1096)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	1/20/2021	1/30/2024	medium
123204	openSUSE Security Update : mailman (openSUSE-2019-495)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/27/2019	6/11/2024	medium
221668	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-0618	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	9/14/2025	medium
180645	Oracle Linux 7：mailman (ELSA-2020-1054)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	9/7/2023	10/22/2024	medium
123842	GLSA-201904-10：Mailman: 多个漏洞	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	4/9/2019	6/5/2024	medium
135327	CentOS 7：mailman (RHSA-2020:1054)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	4/10/2020	10/9/2024	medium
143919	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05：mailman 多个漏洞 (NS-SA-2020-0091)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	12/9/2020	12/10/2020	medium

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