ALAS2-2020-1536

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-0618   CVE-2018-13796  

A cross-site scripting vulnerability (XSS) has been discovered in mailman due to the host_name field not being properly validated. A malicious list owner could use this flaw to create a specially crafted list and inject client-side scripts. (CVE-2018-0618) An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be displayed on a web page from a trusted site. (CVE-2018-13796)

ALAS2-2020-1536


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2020-1536
Advisory Release Date: 2020-10-22 18:27 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2020-10-22 22:35 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

A cross-site scripting vulnerability (XSS) has been discovered in mailman due to the host_name field not being properly validated. A malicious list owner could use this flaw to create a specially crafted list and inject client-side scripts. (CVE-2018-0618)

An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be displayed on a web page from a trusted site. (CVE-2018-13796)


Affected Packages:

mailman


Issue Correction:
Run yum update mailman to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    mailman-2.1.15-30.amzn2.aarch64
    mailman-debuginfo-2.1.15-30.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    mailman-2.1.15-30.amzn2.i686
    mailman-debuginfo-2.1.15-30.amzn2.i686

src:
    mailman-2.1.15-30.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    mailman-2.1.15-30.amzn2.x86_64
    mailman-debuginfo-2.1.15-30.amzn2.x86_64