Authentication bypass in Sympa



Published: 2020-12-28
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2020-29668
CWE-ID CWE-287
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Vendor sympa.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Improper Authentication

EUVDB-ID: #VU49168

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-29668

CWE-ID: CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication process.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in when processing authentication requests. A remote attacker can bypass authentication process and obtain full SOAP API access by sending any arbitrary string (except one from an expired cookie) as the cookie value to authenticateAndRun.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Sympa: 6.2.50 - 6.2.59b.1

External links

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=976020
http://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/blob/6.2.59b.2/NEWS.md
http://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1041
http://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/pull/1044
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00026.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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