• Mailman vulnerability

    From bugz_ubuntu@21:4/110 to Ubuntu Users on Monday, June 29, 2020 12:10:03
    mailman vulnerability

    A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
    derivatives:

    * Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

    Summary

    Mailman could be made to inject arbitrary content in the login
    page if it received a specially crafted input.

    Software Description

    * mailman - Web-based mailing list manager (legacy branch)

    Details

    It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain inputs.
    An attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary
    content in the login page.

    Update instructions

    The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
    following package versions:

    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    mailman - 1:2.1.26-1ubuntu0.3

    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
    mailman - 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.6

    To update your system, please follow these instructions:
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

    In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
    changes.

    References

    * CVE-2020-15011

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