USN-3563-1: Mailman vulnerability

8 February 2018

Mailman could be made to run arbitrary code.

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Releases

Packages

  • mailman - Powerful, web-based mailing list manager

Details

It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain web scripts.
An attacker could possibly use this to inject arbitrary code.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 17.10
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

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

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