{"id":"USN-3118-1","summary":"mailman vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that the Mailman administrative web interface did not\nprotect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. If an\nauthenticated user were tricked into visiting a malicious website while\nlogged into Mailman, a remote attacker could perform administrative\nactions. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-7123)\n\nNishant Agarwala discovered that the Mailman user options page did not\nprotect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. If an\nauthenticated user were tricked into visiting a malicious website while\nlogged into Mailman, a remote attacker could modify user options.\n(CVE-2016-6893)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:02Z","published":"2016-11-01T17:19:04Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6893"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-6893","CVE-2016-7123","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6893","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7123"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3118-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6893"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7123"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mailman","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mailman@1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["1:2.1.16~rc2-1","1:2.1.16-1","1:2.1.16-2","1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.2","binary_name":"mailman"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3118-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2016-6893"}]}}},{"package":{"name":"mailman","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mailman@1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["1:2.1.20-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"mailman"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3118-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2016-6893"}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}