Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Oct 21, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-42096
CVE-2021-42096
Description
GNU Mailman before 2.1.35 may allow remote Privilege Escalation. A certain csrf_token value is derived from the admin password, and may be useful in conducting a brute-force attack against that password.
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Affected products
20- GNU/Mailmandescription
- osv-coords16 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/mailmanpkg:rpm/opensuse/mailman&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP2
< 3:2.1.29-12.module_el8.5.0+26+48d4c9ee.2+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3:2.1.29-12.module_el8.5.0+26+48d4c9ee.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.35-lp152.7.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.35-bp152.7.6.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/21/4nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1947639nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4991nvdThird Party Advisory
- mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-announce%40python.org/thread/IKCO6JU755AP5G5TKMBJL6IEZQTTNPDQ/nvd
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