Medium severity · published Nov 12, 2021
CVE-2021-43332
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
6.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
MA
Mailman · Gnu
before 2.1.36 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43332
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43332
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1949403
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00011.html
mail.python.org
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-announce%40python.org/message/I2X7PSFXIEPLM3UMKZMGOEO3UFYETGRL/
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