Vulnerability · Published Nov 12, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-43332
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 32.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In GNU Mailman before 2.1.36, the CSRF token for the Cgi/admindb.py admindb page contains an encrypted version of the list admin password. This could potentially be cracked by a moderator via an offline brute-force attack.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1949403 x_refsource_MISC
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-announce%40python.org/message/I2X7PSFXIEPLM3UMKZMGOEO3UFYETGRL/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220609 [SECURITY] [DLA 3049-1] mailman security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST