{"id":"USN-4442-2","summary":"sympa vulnerabilities","details":"USN-4442-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Sympa. This update provides the\ncorresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu\n20.04 ESM. Original advisory details:\n\nNicolas Chatelain discovered that Sympa incorrectly handled environment\nvariables. An attacker could possibly use this issue with a setuid\nbinary and gain root privileges. (CVE-2020-10936)\n\nMichael Kaczmarczik discovered that Sympa incorrectly handled HTTP\nGET/POST requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to insert,\nedit or obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04\nESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-1000550)\n\nIt was discovered that Sympa incorrectly handled URL parameters. An\nattacker could possibly use this issue to perform XSS attacks. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-1000671)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:54Z","published":"2021-03-15T22:14:00Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000550","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000671","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10936"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-1000550","CVE-2018-1000671","CVE-2020-10936","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000550","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000671","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10936"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4442-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000550"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000671"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10936"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"sympa","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/sympa@6.1.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["6.1.24~dfsg-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"6.1.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"sympa"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4442-2.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2018-1000550"},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2018-1000671"},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"high","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2020-10936"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"}}},{"package":{"name":"sympa","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/sympa@6.2.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.2.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["6.2.18~dfsg-1","6.2.22~dfsg-1","6.2.24~dfsg-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"6.2.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"sympa"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4442-2.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2018-1000550"},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2018-1000671"},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"high","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2020-10936"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS"}}},{"package":{"name":"sympa","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/sympa@6.2.40~dfsg-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.2.40~dfsg-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["6.2.40~dfsg-1","6.2.40~dfsg-3","6.2.40~dfsg-4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"6.2.40~dfsg-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1","binary_name":"sympa"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4442-2.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"high","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2020-10936"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}