CVE-2016-6893

Publication date 2 September 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mailman 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1:2.1.22-1ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.2
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1:2.1.14-3ubuntu0.4

Patch details

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Package Patch details
mailman

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3118-1
    • Mailman vulnerabilities
    • 1 November 2016

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