Vulnerability in Sympa
CVE-2020-26932
debian/sympa.postinst for the Debian Sympa package before 6.2.40~dfsg-7 uses mode 4755 for sympa_newaliases-wrapper, whereas the intended permissions are mode 4750 (for access by the sympa group)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (60.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sympa
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugs.debian.org/971904 (Vendor Advisory)
- salsa.debian.org/sympa-team/sympa/-/merge_requests/1 (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-26932?
- CVE-2020-26932 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sympa, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-10-10.
- How severe is CVE-2020-26932?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-26932 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.