CVE-2020-29668
LOW
3.7
CVSS Score
Published: December 10, 2020 at 07:53 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:11 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraSympa
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Severity
LOW3.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Sympa before 6.2.59b.2 allows remote attackers to obtain full SOAP API access by sending any arbitrary string (except one from an expired cookie) as the cookie value to authenticateAndRun.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v ≤ 6.2.586.2.59 beta1
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1041
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/pull/1044
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFZWDEKQFW3EH665OECDWIWM2MI7T53Y/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JICIHAJKKCZXJNIICUDYXGZFQCN6J4U6/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818
References (8)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=976020x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/blob/6.2.59b.2/NEWS.mdx_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1041x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/pull/1044Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00026.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFZWDEKQFW3EH665OECDWIWM2MI7T53Y/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JICIHAJKKCZXJNIICUDYXGZFQCN6J4U6/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287CWE-565
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