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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1441-1] sympa security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
5 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
A vulnerability has been discovered in Sympa, a modern mailing list manager, that allows write access to files on the server filesystem. This flaw allows to create or modify any file writable by the Sympa user, located on the server filesystem, using the function of Sympa web interface template file saving.
Affected Software
Affected Software
sympa on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 6.1.23~dfsg-2+deb8u2. We recommend that you upgrade your sympa packages.