Debian DLA-2499-1 : sympa security update

low Nessus Plugin ID 144441

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Sympa, a modern mailing list manager, grants full SOAP API access by sending invalid string as the cookie value, if the SOAP endpoint was enabled. An attacker could manipulate the mailing lists, including subscribing e-mails or getting the list of subscribers.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 6.2.16~dfsg-3+deb9u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your sympa packages.

For the detailed security status of sympa please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/sympa

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected sympa package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 144441

File Name: debian_DLA-2499.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/18/2020

Updated: 2/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-29668

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-29668

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