CVE-2020-26932

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Published Oct 10, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

debian/sympa.postinst for the Debian Sympa package before 6.2.40~dfsg-7 uses mode 4755 for sympa_newaliases-wrapper, whereas the intended permissions are mode 4750 (for access by the sympa group)

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:sympa:sympa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-4818-1	sympa security update
EUVD	EUVD-2020-19462	debian/sympa.postinst for the Debian Sympa package before 6.2.40~dfsg-7 uses mode 4755 for sympa_newaliases-wrapper, whereas the intended permissions are mode 4750 (for access by the sympa group)

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.979% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.debian.org/971904
https://salsa.debian.org/sympa-team/sympa/-/merge_requests/1
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Sympa Sympa

Weaknesses

CWE-732

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 4:03 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 10, 2020, 5:57 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 4:03 PM
Reserved: Oct 10, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:08 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 10, 2020, 6:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:08 AM

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