UBUNTU-CVE-2020-29668

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-29668
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-29668.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-29668
Upstream
Published
2020-12-10T08:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:46:31Z
Severity
  • 3.7 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / sympa

Package

Name
sympa
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sympa@6.1.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.1.24~dfsg-1
6.1.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "sympa",
            "binary_version": "6.1.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / sympa

Package

Name
sympa
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sympa@6.2.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.2.18~dfsg-1
6.2.22~dfsg-1
6.2.24~dfsg-1
6.2.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "sympa",
            "binary_version": "6.2.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / sympa

Package

Name
sympa
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sympa@6.2.40~dfsg-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.2.40~dfsg-1
6.2.40~dfsg-3
6.2.40~dfsg-4
6.2.40~dfsg-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "sympa",
            "binary_version": "6.2.40~dfsg-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}