Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2018-985
Advisory Release Date: 2018-04-05 16:09 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2018-04-05 23:23 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in web UI
A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in mailman. An attacker, able to trick the user into visiting a specific URL, can execute arbitrary web scripts on the user's side and force the victim to perform unintended actions. (CVE-2018-5950)
Affected Packages:
mailman
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update mailman to update your system.
New Packages:
src:
mailman-2.1.15-26.amzn2.1.src
x86_64:
mailman-2.1.15-26.amzn2.1.x86_64
mailman-debuginfo-2.1.15-26.amzn2.1.x86_64