Bug 2027225 (CVE-2021-43332) - CVE-2021-43332 mailman: a list moderator can crack the list admin password encrypted in a CSRF token
Summary: CVE-2021-43332 mailman: a list moderator can crack the list admin password en...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2021-43332
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Depends On: 2027226 2027227 2028065
Blocks: 2027228
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-11-29 07:16 UTC by Marian Rehak
Modified: 2023-07-07 08:28 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: mailman 2.1.36
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Description Marian Rehak 2021-11-29 07:16:40 UTC 
The CSRF token for the Cgi/admindb.py admindb page contains an encrypted version of the list admin password. This could potentially be cracked by a moderator via an offline brute-force attack.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1949403
Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2021-11-29 07:17:55 UTC 
Created mailman tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-33 [bug 2027226]
Affects: fedora-34 [bug 2027227]
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