CVE-2020-12108 Code injection in n/a
An attacker can inject arbitrary content into GNU Mailman, potentially leading to code execution on the mail server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-12108?
CVE-2020-12108 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 6 May 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
/options/mailman in GNU Mailman before 2.1.31 allows Arbitrary Content Injection.
Weakness: CWE-74
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12108?
It affects 6 products.
Linux distribution packages (2)
mailman SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1 | All versions | 2.1.29-bp151.5.9.1 |
mailman openSUSE:Leap 15.1 | All versions | 2.1.29-lp151.3.11.1 |
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Gnu Mailman, Opensuse Backports Sle, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2020-12108?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2020-12108 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12108 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DLA-2204-1, GHSA-67xg-7gqq-pccf, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12108, USN-4354-1, openSUSE-SU-2020:0661-1, openSUSE-SU-2020:0764-1.