CVE-2016-6893

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the user options page in GNU Mailman 2.1.x before 2.1.23 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify an option, as demonstrated by gaining access to the credentials of a victim's account.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6893
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-09-02T14:59:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-13T01:29:13
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-352 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.10b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.10b3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.10b4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.14-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.18:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.18:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.18:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.18-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.21:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1614841 Issue Tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92731
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3668
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036728
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6893
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6893
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:03:24 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:59:36 2016-09-02T14:59Z 2016-09-02T14:59:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:59:36 2017-08-13T01:29:13 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:59:36 Modified Vulnerability Status updated