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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.113779
Category:Privilege escalation
Title:Sympa < 6.2.56 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Summary:Sympa is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Sympa is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
The vulnerability is exploitable via a malicious perl module.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to gain complete
control over the target system.

Affected Software/OS:
Sympa through version 6.2.55.

Solution:
Update to version 6.2.56 or later.

CVSS Score:
7.2

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-10936
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/3J4NZLGAF4ZYK52XEBQDTBNHLGBEPXXN/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3TMQ3CORUOWARALACCBG2SBTIGZ5GY5/
https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/releases
https://sysdream.com/news/lab/
https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2020-05-25-cve-2020-10936-sympa-privileges-escalation-to-root/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00012.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4442-1/
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