UBUNTU-CVE-2019-18835

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-18835
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-18835.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-18835
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Published
2019-11-08T00:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:45:25Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Matrix Synapse before 1.5.0 mishandles signature checking on some federation APIs. Events sent over /sendjoin, /sendleave, and /invite may not be correctly signed, or may not come from the expected servers.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / matrix-synapse

Package

Name
matrix-synapse
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/matrix-synapse@0.24.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.24.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

0.*

0.19.2+dfsg-6
0.24.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "matrix-synapse",
            "binary_version": "0.24.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}