CVE-2021-46900 — Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in Sympa

CWE-327 — Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 68.45%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
SympaDebian Sympa
Timeline
PublishedDec 31

Description

Sympa before 6.2.62 relies on a cookie parameter for certain security objectives, but does not ensure that this parameter exists and has an unpredictable value. Specifically, the cookie parameter is both a salt for stored passwords and an XSS protection mechanism.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDsympa/sympa< 6.2.62
▶debiandebian/sympa< sympa 6.2.66~dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debiansympa/sympa< 6.2.66~dfsg-1+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-qvwx-3j2c-25v2: Sympa before 6↗2023-12-31
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OSV
CVE-2021-46900: Sympa before 6↗2023-12-31
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2021-46900: sympa - Sympa before 6.2.62 relies on a cookie parameter for certain security objectives...↗2021
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CVE-2021-46900 — Sympa vulnerability | cvebase