openSUSE 15.2: 2021:1436-1 Important: Mailman CSRF, Brute Force Attacks
opensuse
November 2, 2021
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available
Description
This update for mailman fixes the following issues:
Update to 2.1.35 to fix 2 security issues:
- A potential for for a list member to carry out an off-line brute force
attack to obtain the list admin password has been reported by Andre
Protas, Richard Cloke and Andy Nuttall of Apple. This is fixed.
CVE-2021-42096 (boo#1191959, LP:#1947639)
- A CSRF attack via the user options page could allow takeover of a users account. This is fixed. CVE-2021-42097 (boo#1191960, LP:#1947640)
- make package build reproducible (boo#1047218)
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 15.2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1436=1
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):
mailman-2.1.35-lp152.7.6.1
mailman-debuginfo-2.1.35-lp152.7.6.1
mailman-debugsource-2.1.35-lp152.7.6.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42096.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42097.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1047218
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1191959
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1191960
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1436-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
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Topics Covered
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