PT-2018-3543 · Sympa Community+2 · Sympa+2

Michael Kaczmarczik · Published 2018-06-26 · Updated 2021-03-15 · CVE-2018-1000550

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Sympa versions prior to 6.2.32

Description: The issue is related to a directory traversal vulnerability in the wwsympa.fcgi template editing function of the Sympa mailing list manager. This vulnerability can be exploited via specially crafted HTTP GET/POST requests, potentially allowing a remote attacker to elevate privileges and create or modify files on the server filesystem.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 6.2.32, update to version 6.2.32 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the wwsympa.fcgi template editing function until a patch is applied.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-03825

CVE-2018-1000550

DLA-1441-1

DSA-4285-1

MGASA-2019-0263

USN-4442-1

USN-4442-2

Affected Products

Linuxmint

Sympa

Ubuntu

References · 34

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-4285-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4442-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4442-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4442-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4285 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0263.html · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DLA-1441-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/sympa · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1000550 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sympa-community.github.io/security/2018-001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-10936 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2019-0263 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000550 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000550 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10936 · Vendor Advisory