suse-su-2018:1638-1
Vulnerability from csaf_suse
Published
2018-06-11 08:41
Modified
2018-06-11 08:41
Summary
Security update for mailman

Notes

Title of the patch
Security update for mailman
Description of the patch
This update for mailman to version 2.1.15 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-6893: Prevent cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the user options page that allowed remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify an option (bsc#995352). - Various other hardenings against CSFR attacks For details please see https://launchpad.net/mailman/+milestone/2.1.15
Patchnames
slessp4-mailman-13649
Terms of use
CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).


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