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Posted on 15 September 2016
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3668-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst
September 15, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : mailman
CVE ID : CVE-2016-6893
Debian Bug : 835970
It was discovered that there was a CSRF vulnerability in mailman, a
web-based mailing list manager, which could allow an attacker to obtain
a user's password.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:2.1.18-2+deb8u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:2.1.23-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your mailman packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
