CVE-2020-9369

Description

Sympa 6.2.38 through 6.2.52 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption from temporary files, and a flood of notifications to listmasters) via a series of requests with malformed parameters.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.12% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://sympa-community.github.io/security/2020-001.html third party advisory patch
https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/886 issue tracking third party advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XO4WJYNNHWM7DUKCN4EWYYYPXZSOI7BQ/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6TMVZ5LVYCCIHGEC7RQUMGUE7DJWUXN7/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A3FUYYLV6URRLAJVWXNJYK2CNOKKNHXC/ vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-9369?
CVE-2020-9369 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-9369?
To fix CVE-2020-9369, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-9369 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-9369 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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