CVE-2021-42096

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 Medium 4.3
Description
GNU Mailman before 2.1.35 may allow remote Privilege Escalation. A certain csrf_token value is derived from the admin password, and may be useful in conducting a brute-force attack against that password.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-42096
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-10-21T01:15:06
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-11-05T18:28:05
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-307 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/307.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.1.35
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-announce@python.org/thread/IKCO6JU755AP5G5TKMBJL6IEZQTTNPDQ/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1947639 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/21/4 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4991 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42096
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-42096
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:48:11 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 12:59:12 2021-10-21T01:15Z 2021-10-21T01:15:06 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 12:59:12 2021-11-05T18:28:05 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 12:59:12 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated