Ubuntu alert USN-3118-1 (mailman)
| From: | Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com> | |
| To: | "ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com> | |
| Subject: | [USN-3118-1] Mailman vulnerabilities | |
| Date: | Tue, 1 Nov 2016 14:36:43 -0400 | |
| Message-ID: | <944b970d-c01a-a3a1-825d-edbb69071e82@canonical.com> |
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3118-1 November 01, 2016 mailman vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 16.10 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Mailman. Software Description: - mailman: Powerful, web-based mailing list manager Details: It was discovered that the Mailman administrative web interface did not protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. If an authenticated user were tricked into visiting a malicious website while logged into Mailman, a remote attacker could perform administrative actions. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-7123) Nishant Agarwala discovered that the Mailman user options page did not protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. If an authenticated user were tricked into visiting a malicious website while logged into Mailman, a remote attacker could modify user options. (CVE-2016-6893) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.10: mailman 1:2.1.22-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: mailman 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: mailman 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: mailman 1:2.1.14-3ubuntu0.4 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3118-1 CVE-2016-6893, CVE-2016-7123 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mailman/1:2.1.22-1ub... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mailman/1:2.1.20-1ub... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mailman/1:2.1.16-2ub... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mailman/1:2.1.14-3ub... -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...