UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41281

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-41281
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41281.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41281
Related
Published
2021-11-23T20:15:00Z
Modified
2024-10-15T14:08:25Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Synapse is a package for Matrix homeservers written in Python 3/Twisted. Prior to version 1.47.1, Synapse instances with the media repository enabled can be tricked into downloading a file from a remote server into an arbitrary directory. No authentication is required for the affected endpoint. The last 2 directories and file name of the path are chosen randomly by Synapse and cannot be controlled by an attacker, which limits the impact. Homeservers with the media repository disabled are unaffected. Homeservers with a federation whitelist are also unaffected, since Synapse will check the remote hostname, including the trailing ../s, against the whitelist. Server administrators should upgrade to 1.47.1 or later. Server administrators using a reverse proxy could, at the expense of losing media functionality, may block the certain endpoints as a workaround. Alternatively, non-containerized deployments can be adapted to use the hardened systemd config.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / matrix-synapse

Package

Name
matrix-synapse
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/matrix-synapse?arch=src?distro=esm-apps/bionic

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
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/matrix-synapse?arch=src?distro=focal

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
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/matrix-synapse?arch=src?distro=jammy

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"
}