Sympa before 6.2.59b.2 allows remote attackers to obtain full SOAP API access by sending any arbitrary string (except one from an expired cookie) as the cookie value to authenticateAndRun.
CVE-2020-29668
Score 3.7 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 3.7; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 3.7
- EG Score
- 3.7(medium)
- EPSS
- 77.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 10, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (16)
- cve@mitrehttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=976020
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/blob/6.2.59b.2/NEWS.md
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1041
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/pull/1044
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00026.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFZWDEKQFW3EH665OECDWIWM2MI7T53Y/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JICIHAJKKCZXJNIICUDYXGZFQCN6J4U6/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=976020
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/blob/6.2.59b.2/NEWS.md
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1041
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/pull/1044
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00026.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFZWDEKQFW3EH665OECDWIWM2MI7T53Y/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JICIHAJKKCZXJNIICUDYXGZFQCN6J4U6/
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