PT-2023-12620 · Sympa+1 · Sympa+1

Ikedas · Published 2023-12-30 · Updated 2024-01-10 · CVE-2021-46900

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sympa versions prior to 6.2.62

Description The issue relies on a cookie parameter for certain security objectives, but does not ensure that this parameter exists and has an unpredictable value. Specifically, the cookie parameter is both a salt for stored passwords and an XSS protection mechanism.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.2.62, update to version 6.2.62 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider implementing additional security measures to protect against XSS attacks and ensure the security of stored passwords.

Fix

Use of a Broken Cryptographic Algorithm

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-327

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-46900

Affected Products

Debian

Sympa

References · 18

• https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1091 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa-community.github.io/blob/master/security/2021-001.md · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46900 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46900 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-46900 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/sympa · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-46900 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-46900 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46900 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-46900 · Security Note
• https://sympa.community/security/2021-001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46900 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/65831 · Telegram Post
• https://packages.debian.org/src:sympa · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/74053 · Telegram Post