UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39163

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39163
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39163.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39163
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Published
2021-08-31T16:15:00Z
Modified
2021-08-31T16:15:00Z
Severity
  • 3.1 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
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Details

Matrix is an ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging and Voice over IP. In versions 1.41.0 and prior, unauthorised users can access the name, avatar, topic and number of members of a room if they know the ID of the room. This vulnerability is limited to homeservers where the vulnerable homeserver is in the room and untrusted users are permitted to create groups (communities). By default, only homeserver administrators can create groups. However, homeserver administrators can already access this information in the database or using the admin API. As a result, only homeservers where the configuration setting enable_group_creation has been set to true are impacted. Server administrators should upgrade to 1.41.1 or higher to patch the vulnerability. There are two potential workarounds. Server administrators can set enable_group_creation to false in their homeserver configuration (this is the default value) to prevent creation of groups by non-administrators. Administrators that are using a reverse proxy could, with partial loss of group functionality, block the endpoints /_matrix/client/r0/groups/{group_id}/rooms and /_matrix/client/unstable/groups/{group_id}/rooms.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / matrix-synapse

Package

Name
matrix-synapse

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.19.2+dfsg-6
0.24.0+dfsg-1
0.24.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / matrix-synapse

Package

Name
matrix-synapse

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.0-1
1.4.0-1
1.5.0-1
1.5.1-1
1.6.0-1
1.6.1-1
1.7.0-2
1.7.1-1
1.7.2-1
1.7.3-1
1.8.0-1
1.9.0-1
1.9.1-1
1.10.0-1
1.10.0-2
1.11.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / matrix-synapse

Package

Name
matrix-synapse

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.39.0-1
1.47.0-2
1.47.1-1
1.48.0-1
1.49.0-1
1.49.2-1
1.50.1-1
1.50.2-1
1.51.0-1
1.52.0-1
1.53.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}