UBUNTU-CVE-2021-43332

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-43332

    Published: 12 Nov 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-43332

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-43332, https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/I2X7PSFXIEPLM3UMKZMGOEO3UFYETGRL/, https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1949403, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5151-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5151-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43332

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mailman

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/mailman@1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.6+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.6+esm2

    Affected versions

    1:2.1.20-1
    1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.1
    1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.3
    1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.4
    1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.5
    1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.6
    1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.6+esm1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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