Information disclosure in Sympa

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU40929

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1306

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The newsletter posting area in the web interface in Sympa 6.0.x before 6.0.10 and 6.1.x before 6.1.24 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Sympa: 6.0.0 - 6.1.23

External links

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0085.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/62387
http://secunia.com/advisories/62442
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3134
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:051
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/20/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72277
http://www.sympa.org/security_advisories

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.