| Name | CVE-2016-6893 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-608-1, DSA-3668-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 835970 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| mailman (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:2.1.18-2+deb8u8 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1:2.1.23-1+deb9u8 | fixed | |
| buster | 1:2.1.29-1+deb10u5 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster (lts) | 1:2.1.29-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mailman | source | wheezy | 1:2.1.15-1+deb7u2 | DLA-608-1 | ||
| mailman | source | jessie | 1:2.1.18-2+deb8u1 | DSA-3668-1 | ||
| mailman | source | (unstable) | 1:2.1.23-1 | 835970 |
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2016-August/000225.html
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1614841
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2016-August/000226.html