mailman vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in Mailman.
Software Description
It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to issue execute arbitrary scripts or HTML. (CVE-2018-0618)
It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to display arbitrary text on a web page. (CVE-2018-13796)
It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-12137)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
mailman - 1:2.1.26-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
mailman - 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Several security issues were fixed in Mailman.
Software Description
- mailman - Web-based mailing list manager (legacy branch)
It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to issue execute arbitrary scripts or HTML. (CVE-2018-0618)
It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to display arbitrary text on a web page. (CVE-2018-13796)
It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-12137)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
mailman - 1:2.1.26-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
mailman - 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Continue reading...