Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4442-1
July 28, 2020
sympa vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Sympa.
Software Description:
- sympa: Modern mailing list manager
Details:
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)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
sympa 6.1.17~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4442-1
CVE-2018-1000550, CVE-2018-1000671, CVE-2020-10936
Read more https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158645/USN-4442-1.txt

