USN-4442-1

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

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

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2018-1000550"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2018-1000671"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "high",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2020-10936"
        }
    ]
}