SB2020063009 - Content injection in GNU Mailman



SB2020063009 - Content injection in GNU Mailman

Published: June 30, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020063009
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15011)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to inject arbitrary content.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Cgi/private.py private archive login page.  A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and inject arbitrary content.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that the roster visibility (private_roster) setting is 'Anyone'.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.