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openvasCopyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbHOPENVAS:1361412562310143551
HistoryFeb 25, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

Sympa 6.2.38 <= 6.2.52 DoS Vulnerability

2020-02-2500:00:00
Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH
plugins.openvas.org
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5.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.026 Low

EPSS

Percentile

90.3%

Sympa is prone to a denial of service vulnerability.

# Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
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CPE = "cpe:/a:sympa:sympa";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.143551");
  script_version("2021-07-08T11:00:45+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-07-08 11:00:45 +0000 (Thu, 08 Jul 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-02-25 04:59:28 +0000 (Tue, 25 Feb 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-12-24 12:15:00 +0000 (Thu, 24 Dec 2020)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-9369");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Sympa 6.2.38 <= 6.2.52 DoS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("sympa_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("sympa/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Sympa is prone to a denial of service vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"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 exessive notification messages to listmasters.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Sympa version 6.2.38 to 6.2.52.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 6.2.54 or later or apply the provided patch.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://sympa-community.github.io/security/2020-001.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/886");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "6.2.38", test_version2: "6.2.52")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.2.54", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

5.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.026 Low

EPSS

Percentile

90.3%