CVE-2020-12137
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CVE-2020-12137 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.1/10 on the CVSS scale. GNU Mailman 2.x before 2.1.30 uses the .obj extension for scrubbed application/octet-stream MIME parts. This behavior may contribute to XSS attacks against list-archive visitors, because an HTTP reply from an archive web server may lack a MIME type, and a web browser may perform MIME sniffing, conclude that the MIME type should have been text/html, and execute JavaScript code.. EPSS estimates a 2.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
GNU Mailman 2.x before 2.1.30 uses the .obj extension for scrubbed application/octet-stream MIME parts. This behavior may contribute to XSS attacks against list-archive visitors, because an HTTP reply from an archive web server may lack a MIME type, and a web browser may perform MIME sniffing, conclude that the MIME type should have been text/html, and execute JavaScript code.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gnu | Mailman | >= 2.0, < 2.1.30 | — |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 | — |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 10.0 | — |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 31 | — |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 32 | — |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | — |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 | — |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 | — |
| Opensuse | Backports Sle | 15.0 | Sp2 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.2 | — |
References
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mailman-coders/mailman/2.1/view/head:/NEWSThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00047.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00063.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/24/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4348-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4664Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/24/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/24/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mailman-coders/mailman/2.1/view/head:/NEWSThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00047.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00063.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/24/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4348-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4664Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/24/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/24/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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