Vulnerability · Published Oct 10, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-26932
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the sympa package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
debian/sympa.postinst for the Debian Sympa package before 6.2.40~dfsg-7 uses mode 4755 for sympa_newaliases-wrapper, whereas the intended permissions are mode 4750 (for access by the sympa group)
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | sympa | 6.2.40~dfsg-7 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26932 |
| Debian:13 | sympa | 6.2.40~dfsg-7 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26932 |
| Debian:14 | sympa | 6.2.40~dfsg-7 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26932 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/971904 x_refsource_MISC
- https://salsa.debian.org/sympa-team/sympa/-/merge_requests/1 x_refsource_MISC
- DSA-4818 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN