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Open Redirect Affecting sympa package, versions <6.2.16~dfsg-3+deb9u4

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
3.44% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-SYMPA-296118
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • disclosed6 Sept 2018
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Introduced: 6 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-1000671  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-601  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 sympa to version 6.2.16~dfsg-3+deb9u4 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.

sympa version 6.2.16 and later contains a CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in The "referer" parameter of the wwsympa.fcgi login action. that can result in Open redirection and reflected XSS via data URIs. This attack appear to be exploitable via Victim's browser must follow a URL supplied by the attacker. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in none available.