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SUSE: 2018:1638-1 Moderate: Mailman CSRF Vulnerability Fix

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Calendar Grey June 11, 2018
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SUSE has released a security update for mailman addressing a CSRF vulnerability identified as CVE-2016-6893, which has been assigned a moderate severity rating.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for mailman to version 2.1.15 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-6893: Prevent cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the user options page that allowed remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify an option (bsc#995352). - Various other hardenings against CSFR attacks For details please see https://launchpad.net/mailman/+milestone/2.1.15 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch slessp4-mailman-13649=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-mailman-13649=1 Package List:

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Topics Covered

security advisory update moderate severity software fix SUSE mailman CSRF

References

#995352

Cross- CVE-2016-6893

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6893.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/995352

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1638-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory update moderate severity software fix SUSE mailman CSRF

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