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RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: mailman:2.1 security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4667-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4667
Issue date: 2020-11-03
CVE Names: CVE-2020-12137
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1. Summary:
An update for the mailman:2.1 module is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
Mailman is a program used to help manage e-mail discussion lists.
Security Fix(es):
* mailman: XSS via file attachments in list archives (CVE-2020-12137)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1683399 - /etc/mailman has wrong permissions 0755 instead of 2775
1780100 - Module stream mailman:2.1 does not have correct module.md file
1805954 - Creating tmp files for systemd on behalf of mailman references legacy directory /var/run/ instead of /run
1830007 - CVE-2020-12137 mailman: XSS via file attachments in list archives
1837218 - Processing bounces from mailing lists causes oom crash of BounceRunner
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
mailman-2.1.29-10.module+el8.3.0+6860+8e47d84b.src.rpm
aarch64:
mailman-2.1.29-10.module+el8.3.0+6860+8e47d84b.aarch64.rpm
mailman-debuginfo-2.1.29-10.module+el8.3.0+6860+8e47d84b.aarch64.rpm
mailman-debugsource-2.1.29-10.module+el8.3.0+6860+8e47d84b.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
mailman-2.1.29-10.module+el8.3.0+6860+8e47d84b.ppc64le.rpm
mailman-debuginfo-2.1.29-10.module+el8.3.0+6860+8e47d84b.ppc64le.rpm
mailman-debugsource-2.1.29-10.module+el8.3.0+6860+8e47d84b.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
mailman-2.1.29-10.module+el8.3.0+6860+8e47d84b.s390x.rpm
mailman-debuginfo-2.1.29-10.module+el8.3.0+6860+8e47d84b.s390x.rpm
mailman-debugsource-2.1.29-10.module+el8.3.0+6860+8e47d84b.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
mailman-2.1.29-10.module+el8.3.0+6860+8e47d84b.x86_64.rpm
mailman-debuginfo-2.1.29-10.module+el8.3.0+6860+8e47d84b.x86_64.rpm
mailman-debugsource-2.1.29-10.module+el8.3.0+6860+8e47d84b.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12137
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.3_release_notes/
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
