UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10936

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10936
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10936.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10936
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Published
2020-05-27T18:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:45:48Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - high
Summary
[none]
Details

Sympa before 6.2.56 allows privilege escalation.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / sympa

Package

Name
sympa
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sympa@6.1.17~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1.17~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

6.*

6.1.11~dfsg-5
6.1.17~dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "sympa",
            "binary_version": "6.1.17~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "sympa-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.1.17~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / sympa

Package

Name
sympa
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sympa@6.1.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

6.*

6.1.24~dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "sympa",
            "binary_version": "6.1.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "sympa-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.1.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / sympa

Package

Name
sympa
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sympa@6.2.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.2.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

6.*

6.2.18~dfsg-1
6.2.22~dfsg-1
6.2.24~dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "sympa",
            "binary_version": "6.2.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "sympa-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.2.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / sympa

Package

Name
sympa
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sympa@6.2.40~dfsg-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.2.40~dfsg-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1

Affected versions

6.*

6.2.40~dfsg-1
6.2.40~dfsg-3
6.2.40~dfsg-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "sympa",
            "binary_version": "6.2.40~dfsg-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "sympa-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.2.40~dfsg-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}