PT-2020-5760 · Sympa · Sympa

Javier Moreno · Published 2020-02-15 · Updated 2022-01-01 · CVE-2020-9369

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Sympa versions 6.2.38 through 6.2.52

Description: The issue is related to the incorrect handling of malformed parameters, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This can result in disk consumption from temporary files and a flood of notifications to listmasters.

Recommendations: For Sympa versions 6.2.38 through 6.2.52, consider restricting access to the service to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the service with malformed parameters until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-01717

CVE-2020-9369

DSA-4818-1

MGASA-2020-0146

Affected Products

Sympa

References · 24

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9369 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-9369 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/6TMVZ5LVYCCIHGEC7RQUMGUE7DJWUXN7 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9369 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2020-0146 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-9369 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sympa-community.github.io/security/2020-001.html · Patch
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/XO4WJYNNHWM7DUKCN4EWYYYPXZSOI7BQ · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0146.html · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9369 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6TMVZ5LVYCCIHGEC7RQUMGUE7DJWUXN7 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XO4WJYNNHWM7DUKCN4EWYYYPXZSOI7BQ · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A3FUYYLV6URRLAJVWXNJYK2CNOKKNHXC · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4818-1 · Vendor Advisory