CVE-2020-26880
published 2020-10-07CVE-2020-26880: Sympa through 6.2.57b.2 allows a local privilege escalation from the sympa user account to full root access by modifying the sympa.conf configuration file…
PriorityP338high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.35%
27.4th percentile
Sympa through 6.2.57b.2 allows a local privilege escalation from the sympa user account to full root access by modifying the sympa.conf configuration file (which is owned by sympa) and parsing it through the setuid sympa_newaliases-wrapper executable.
Affected
11 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | sympa | < sympa 6.2.60~dfsg-2 (bookworm) | sympa 6.2.60~dfsg-2 (bookworm) |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| sympa | sympa | <= 6.2.56 | — |
| sympa | sympa | — | — |
| sympa | sympa | >= 0 < 6.2.60~dfsg-2 | 6.2.60~dfsg-2 |
| sympa | sympa | >= 0 < 6.2.60~dfsg-2 | 6.2.60~dfsg-2 |
| sympa | sympa | >= 0 < 6.2.60~dfsg-2 | 6.2.60~dfsg-2 |
| sympa | sympa | >= 0 < 6.2.60~dfsg-2 | 6.2.60~dfsg-2 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-jcr2-44h4-65m5: Sympa through 6
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-26880 [HIGH] CWE-269 GHSA-jcr2-44h4-65m5: Sympa through 6
Sympa through 6.2.57b.2 allows a local privilege escalation from the sympa user account to full root access by modifying the sympa.conf configuration file (which is owned by sympa) and parsing it through the setuid sympa_newaliases-wrapper executable.
OSV
CVE-2020-26880: Sympa through 6
osv·2020-10-07·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2020-26880 [HIGH] CVE-2020-26880: Sympa through 6
Sympa through 6.2.57b.2 allows a local privilege escalation from the sympa user account to full root access by modifying the sympa.conf configuration file (which is owned by sympa) and parsing it through the setuid sympa_newaliases-wrapper executable.
Debian
CVE-2020-26880: sympa - Sympa through 6.2.57b.2 allows a local privilege escalation from the sympa user ...
vendor_debian·2020·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2020-26880 [HIGH] CVE-2020-26880: sympa - Sympa through 6.2.57b.2 allows a local privilege escalation from the sympa user ...
Sympa through 6.2.57b.2 allows a local privilege escalation from the sympa user account to full root access by modifying the sympa.conf configuration file (which is owned by sympa) and parsing it through the setuid sympa_newaliases-wrapper executable.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 6.2.60~dfsg-2)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 6.2.60~dfsg-2)
forky: resolved (fixed in 6.2.60~dfsg-2)
sid: resolved (fixed in 6.2.60~dfsg-2)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 6.2.60~dfsg-2)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-26880 sympa: local privilege escalation by modifying sympa.conf configuration file [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2020-10-08·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2020-26880 [HIGH] CVE-2020-26880 sympa: local privilege escalation by modifying sympa.conf configuration file [fedora-all]
CVE-2020-26880 sympa: local privilege escalation by modifying sympa.conf configuration file [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-26880 sympa: local privilege escalation by modifying sympa.conf configuration file
bugzilla·2020-10-08·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2020-26880 [HIGH] CVE-2020-26880 sympa: local privilege escalation by modifying sympa.conf configuration file
CVE-2020-26880 sympa: local privilege escalation by modifying sympa.conf configuration file
Sympa through 6.2.57b.2 allows a local privilege escalation from the sympa user account to full root access by modifying the sympa.conf configuration file (which is owned by sympa) and parsing it through the setuid sympa_newaliases-wrapper executable.
References:
https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1009
https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/943#issuecomment-704779420
https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/943#issuecomment-704842235
Discussion:
Created sympa tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-all [bug 1886233]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1886232]
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This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-26880 sympa: local privilege escalation by modifying sympa.conf configuration file [epel-all]
bugzilla·2020-10-08·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2020-26880 [HIGH] CVE-2020-26880 sympa: local privilege escalation by modifying sympa.conf configuration file [epel-all]
CVE-2020-26880 sympa: local privilege escalation by modifying sympa.conf configuration file [epel-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects mult
https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1009https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/943#issuecomment-704779420https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/943#issuecomment-704842235https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00015.htmlhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5CUVLHGWCDA6B2NH467ZMKL6O2NGLQZN/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B5MFWWYY4TSQAXBWZ6SBFX43BLUL3WWI/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/E2TKOL454ZKKLQCUSUPNEZ52WELN4OAH/https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1009https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/943#issuecomment-704779420https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/943#issuecomment-704842235https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00015.htmlhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5CUVLHGWCDA6B2NH467ZMKL6O2NGLQZN/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B5MFWWYY4TSQAXBWZ6SBFX43BLUL3WWI/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/E2TKOL454ZKKLQCUSUPNEZ52WELN4OAH/
2020-10-07
Published