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HistoryMar 15, 2021 - 10:14 p.m.

sympa vulnerabilities

2021-03-1522:14:00
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osv.dev
10
sympa
esm
ubuntu
vulnerabilities
root privileges
environment variables
http requests
xss attacks

AI Score

6.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

69.9%

USN-4442-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Sympa. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu
20.04 ESM. Original advisory details:

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)

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. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04
ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-1000550)

It was discovered that Sympa incorrectly handled URL parameters. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to perform XSS attacks. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-1000671)

AI Score

6.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

69.9%