USN-4442-1

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    USN-4442-1

    Published: 28 Jul 2020Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: sympa vulnerabilities

    Details: Michael Kaczmarczik discovered that Sympa incorrectly handled HTTP GET/POST requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to insert, edit or obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-1000550) It was discovered that Sympa incorrectly handled URL parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform XSS attacks. (CVE-2018-1000671) Nicolas Chatelain discovered that Sympa incorrectly handled environment variables. An attacker could possibly use this issue with a setuid binary and gain root privileges. (CVE-2020-10936)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4442-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000550, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000671, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10936

    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
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