Vulnerability · Published Feb 24, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-9369
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-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 2.9% (higher than 87% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.9%top 12.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Sympa 6.2.38 through 6.2.52 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption from temporary files, and a flood of notifications to listmasters) via a series of requests with malformed parameters.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | sympa | 6.2.40~dfsg-4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9369 |
| Debian:13 | sympa | 6.2.40~dfsg-4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9369 |
| Debian:14 | sympa | 6.2.40~dfsg-4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9369 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://sympa-community.github.io/security/2020-001.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/886 x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2020-79516cb689 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-bb5aa250c9 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-8f7dcb7d00 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- DSA-4818 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN