Vulnerability CVE-2016-6893


Published: 2016-09-02

Description:
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the user options page in GNU Mailman 2.1.x before 2.1.23 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify an option, as demonstrated by gaining access to the credentials of a victim's account.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> Mailman 

 References:
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3668
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92731
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036728
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1614841

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