CVE-2020-29668 Auth bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass authentication in Sympa by sending arbitrary cookie values, gaining full SOAP API access and potentially reading or modifying data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-29668?
CVE-2020-29668 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 10 Dec 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Sympa before 6.2.59b.2 allows remote attackers to obtain full SOAP API access by sending any arbitrary string (except one from an expired cookie) as the cookie value to authenticateAndRun.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-29668?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Sympa Sympa.
How do I fix CVE-2020-29668?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2020-29668 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-29668 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-29668, DLA-2499-1, GHSA-wrwc-95g6-4fm3, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-29668.