Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting sympa package, versions <6.2.16~dfsg-3+deb9u3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.98% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-SYMPA-1017031
  • published11 Oct 2020
  • disclosed10 Oct 2020

Introduced: 10 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-26932  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 sympa to version 6.2.16~dfsg-3+deb9u3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sympa package and not the sympa package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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)

CVSS Base Scores

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