Potential Privilege escalation via the user options page.

Bug #1947639 reported by Mark Sapiro
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GNU Mailman
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Mark Sapiro

Bug Description

The `csrf_token` generated for the `options` page is always an `admin` token rather than specific to the authenticated user for that session. This admin token contains information that is derived from the hashed list admin password, which could theoretically allow a brute-force attack to obtain the list admin password.

Thanks to Andre Protas, Richard Cloke and Andy Nuttall of Apple for reporting these and helping with the development of a fix.

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Mark Sapiro (msapiro)
summary: - Potential Privilege escallation via the user options page.
+ Potential Privilege escalation via the user options page.
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Mark Sapiro (msapiro) wrote :
Mark Sapiro (msapiro)
information type: Private Security → Public Security
Changed in mailman:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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