DSA-4108-1 mailman -- security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-5950  

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

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:

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