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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1442-1] mailman security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Two flaws were discovered in mailman, a web-based mailing list manager. CVE-2018-0618 Toshitsugu Yoneyama of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. discovered that mailman 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. CVE-2018-13796 Hammad Qureshi discovered a content spoofing vulnerability with invalid list name messages in the web UI.
Affected Software
Affected Software
mailman on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 1:2.1.18-2+deb8u3. We recommend that you upgrade your mailman packages.