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A mailman security update has been released for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2.



openSUSE-SU-2021:1452-1: important: Security update for mailman


openSUSE Security Update: Security update for mailman
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1452-1
Rating: important
References: #1047218 #1191959 #1191960
Cross-References: CVE-2021-42096 CVE-2021-42097
CVSS scores:
CVE-2021-42096 (SUSE): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVE-2021-42097 (SUSE): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2
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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)

This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.2:Update update project.

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 Backports SLE-15-SP2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1452=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

mailman-2.1.35-bp152.7.6.1

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