| Name | CVE-2018-5950 |
| Description | Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web UI in Mailman before 2.1.26 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a user-options URL. |
| 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-1272-1, DSA-4108-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 888201 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
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.
Notes
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2018-February/083011.html
Patch: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/355686141/options.patch
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1747209