MGASA-2019-0263

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    MGASA-2019-0263

    Published: 12 Sept 2019Last Modified: 4 Jun 2026

    Summary: Updated sympa packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Updated sympa packages fix security vulnerability: 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 (CVE-2018-1000550).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0263.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23536, https://sympa-community.github.io/security/2018-001.html, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4285

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sympa

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/sympa?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.2.16-1.1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High