SB2012053101 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Sympa
Published: May 31, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012053101
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2352)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The archive management (arc_manage) page in wwsympa/wwsympa.fcgi.in in Sympa before 6.1.11 does not check permissions, which allows remote attackers to list, read, and delete arbitrary list archives via vectors related to the (1) do_arc_manage, (2) do_arc_download, or (3) do_arc_delete functions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49045
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49237
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2477
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/11/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/12/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/12/8
- http://www.osvdb.org/81890
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53503
- https://sourcesup.renater.fr/scm/viewvc.php/branches/sympa-6.0-branch/wwsympa/wwsympa.fcgi.in?root=sympa&r1=6706&r2=7358&pathrev=7358
- https://www.sympa.org/distribution/latest-stable/NEWS