UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000550

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000550

    Published: 5 Sept 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The Sympa Community Sympa version prior to version 6.2.32 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in wwsympa.fcgi template editing function that can result in Possibility to create or modify files on the server filesystem. This attack appear to be exploitable via HTTP GET/POST request. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 6.2.32.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000550, https://sympa-community.github.io/security/2018-001.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4442-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4442-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000550

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sympa

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.1.17~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    6.1.11~dfsg-5
    6.1.17~dfsg-1

    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