Debian Security Advisory
DSA-4108-1 mailman -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 09 Feb 2018
- Affected Packages:
- mailman
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 888201.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-5950. - More information:
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Calum Hutton and the Mailman team discovered a cross site scripting and information leak vulnerability in the user options page. A remote attacker could use a crafted URL to steal cookie information or to fish for whether a user is subscribed to a list with a private roster.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.18-2+deb8u2.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.23-1+deb9u2.
We recommend that you upgrade your mailman packages.
For the detailed security status of mailman please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/mailman