USN-5180-1
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USN-5180-1
Published: 7 Dec 2021Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026
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Summary: mailman vulnerability
Details: It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled CSRF tokens. A remote list member or moderator could possibly use their own token to craft an admin request CSRF attack and set a new admin password or make other changes.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5180-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-44227
Affected packages
Package
Name: mailman
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/mailman@1:2.1.26-1ubuntu0.6?arch=source&distro=bionic
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -1:2.1.26-1ubuntu0.6
Affected versions
1:2.1.23-1
1:2.1.24-1
1:2.1.25-1
1:2.1.26-1
1:2.1.26-1ubuntu0.1
1:2.1.26-1ubuntu0.2
1:2.1.26-1ubuntu0.3
1:2.1.26-1ubuntu0.4
1:2.1.26-1ubuntu0.5
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
