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Debian DSA-4285-1 : sympa - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 117297

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Michael Kaczmarczik discovered a vulnerability in the web interface template editing function of Sympa, a mailing list manager. Owner and listmasters could use this flaw to create or modify arbitrary files in the server with privileges of sympa user or owner view list config files even if edit_list.conf prohibits it.

Solution

Upgrade the sympa packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 6.2.16~dfsg-3+deb9u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/sympa

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/sympa

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4285

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 117297

File Name: debian_DSA-4285.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/6/2018

Updated: 8/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000550

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sympa, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000550

DSA: 4285