SB20180404123 - Fedora 28 update for mailman
Published: April 4, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB20180404123
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6893)
The vulnerability allows attackers to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect validation of HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a malicious page with CSRF exploit and obtain victim's password.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.