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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.143551
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Sympa 6.2.38 <= 6.2.52 DoS Vulnerability
Summary:Sympa is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Sympa is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
By submitting requests with malformed parameters, this flaw allows to create
junk files in Sympa's directory for temporary files. And particularly by tampering token to prevent CSRF, it
allows to originate excessive notification messages to listmasters.

Affected Software/OS:
Sympa versions 6.2.38 through 6.2.52.

Solution:
Update to version 6.2.54 or later or apply the provided patch.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9369
Debian Security Information: DSA-4818 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XO4WJYNNHWM7DUKCN4EWYYYPXZSOI7BQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A3FUYYLV6URRLAJVWXNJYK2CNOKKNHXC/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6TMVZ5LVYCCIHGEC7RQUMGUE7DJWUXN7/
https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/886
https://sympa-community.github.io/security/2020-001.html
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