CVE catalog
CVE-2016-6893
Security update for mailman
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.61% · Oct 25, 2026
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the user options page in GNU Mailman 2.1.x before 2.1.23 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify an option, as demonstrated by gaining access to the credentials of a victim's account.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mailman | 7 | 1:2.1.15-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mailman | 7 | 1:2.1.15-1+deb7u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mailman | 7 | 1:2.1.15-1+deb7u2 | fixed |
| Debian | mailman | 8 | 1:2.1.18-2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mailman | 8 | 1:2.1.18-2+deb8u1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16~rc2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 16.04 | 1:2.1.20-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 16.04 | 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
| Suse | mailman | linux enterprise server 11 sp4 | 2.1.15-9.6.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | mailman | linux enterprise server for sap applications 11 sp4 | 2.1.15-9.6.3.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16~rc2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 16.04 | 1:2.1.20-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 16.04 | 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
| Suse | mailman | linux enterprise point of sale 11 sp3 | 2.1.15-9.6.12.1 | fixed |
| Suse | mailman | linux enterprise server 11 sp4-ltss | 2.1.15-9.6.12.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mailman | deb | 7 | 1:2.1.15-1+deb7u2 | Not reported | DLA-608-1 | Not reported |
| Debian | mailman | deb | 8 | 1:2.1.18-2+deb8u1 | Not reported | DSA-3668-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | mailman | deb | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.2 | Not reported | USN-3118-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | mailman | deb | 16.04 | 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | USN-3118-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | mailman | rpm | linux enterprise server 11 sp4 | 2.1.15-9.6.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:1638-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | mailman | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 11 sp4 | 2.1.15-9.6.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:1638-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | mailman | deb | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.2 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6893 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | mailman | deb | 16.04 | 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6893 | Not reported |
| Suse | mailman | rpm | linux enterprise point of sale 11 sp3 | 2.1.15-9.6.12.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2019:14068-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | mailman | rpm | linux enterprise server 11 sp4-ltss | 2.1.15-9.6.12.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2019:14068-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2021_4913.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-608-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3668-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:1638-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:14068-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6893]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3118-1]
[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]