What is the vulnerability ID for this vulnerability?

The vulnerability ID for this vulnerability is CVE-2021-43332.

What is the severity of CVE-2021-43332?

The severity of CVE-2021-43332 is medium with a CVSS score of 6.5.

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2021-43332?

GNU Mailman versions before 2.1.36 and Debian Debian Linux version 9.0 are affected by CVE-2021-43332.

How can the vulnerability in CVE-2021-43332 be exploited?

CVE-2021-43332 can be exploited by a moderator launching an offline brute-force attack to crack the encrypted version of the list admin password contained in the CSRF token for the Cgi/admindb.py admindb page.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2021-43332

medium

6.5

CWE

522 352

12/11/2021

4/8/2024

CVE-2021-43332: CSRF

Q: What is the description of CVE-2021-43332?

CVE-2021-43332 is a vulnerability in GNU Mailman before 2.1.36 where the CSRF token for the Cgi/admindb.py admindb page contains an encrypted version of the list admin password, which could be cracked by a moderator via an offline brute-force attack.

First published: Fri Nov 12 2021(Updated: )

In GNU Mailman before 2.1.36, 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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
GNU Mailman	<2.1.36
Debian Debian Linux	=9.0

Remedy

https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1949403

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What is the vulnerability ID for this vulnerability?
The vulnerability ID for this vulnerability is CVE-2021-43332.
What is the severity of CVE-2021-43332?
The severity of CVE-2021-43332 is medium with a CVSS score of 6.5.
Which software versions are affected by CVE-2021-43332?
GNU Mailman versions before 2.1.36 and Debian Debian Linux version 9.0 are affected by CVE-2021-43332.
What is the description of CVE-2021-43332?
CVE-2021-43332 is a vulnerability in GNU Mailman before 2.1.36 where the CSRF token for the Cgi/admindb.py admindb page contains an encrypted version of the list admin password, which could be cracked by a moderator via an offline brute-force attack.
How can the vulnerability in CVE-2021-43332 be exploited?
CVE-2021-43332 can be exploited by a moderator launching an offline brute-force attack to crack the encrypted version of the list admin password contained in the CSRF token for the Cgi/admindb.py admindb page.

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