| Name | CVE-2020-10936 |
| Description | Sympa before 6.2.56 allows privilege escalation. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2401-1, DSA-4818-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 961491 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| sympa (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 6.1.23~dfsg-2+deb8u3 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 6.2.16~dfsg-3+deb9u5 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 6.2.40~dfsg-1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 6.2.60~dfsg-4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.2.70~dfsg-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 6.2.72~dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| sympa | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| sympa | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| sympa | source | stretch | 6.2.16~dfsg-3+deb9u3 | | DLA-2401-1 | |
| sympa | source | buster | 6.2.40~dfsg-1+deb10u1 | | DSA-4818-1 | |
| sympa | source | (unstable) | 6.2.40~dfsg-5 | | | 961491 |
Notes
https://sympa-community.github.io/security/2020-002.html
Patch: https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/releases/download/6.2.56/sympa-6.2.54-sa-2020-002-r2.patch
Patch for sympa-6.1.25: https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/releases/download/6.2.56/sympa-6.1.25-sa-2020-002-r2.patch
https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2020-05-25-cve-2020-10936-sympa-privileges-escalation-to-root/
https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/943