What is CVE-2021-43332?

CVE-2021-43332 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Mailman, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-11-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-43332?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gnu Mailman

CVE-2021-43332

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.

EPSS: 0.011 (61.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Gnu Mailman
Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-43332?: CVE-2021-43332 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Mailman, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-11-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-43332?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.