Secunia Security Advisory - Security issues have been reported in Sympa, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions. The problem is caused due to an error within Sympa's web interface that makes it possible to approve a pending list without having listmaster privileges. The security issue affects all 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x versions prior to 4.1.2.
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TITLE:
Sympa Unauthorised List Creation Security Issue
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12286
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12286/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Sympa 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/3785/
Sympa 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/3784/
Sympa 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/3783/
DESCRIPTION:
A security issues has been reported in Sympa, which can be exploited
by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
The problem is caused due to an error within Sympa's web interface
("wwsympa/wwsympa.fcgi"), which makes it possible to approve a
pending list without having listmaster privileges.
The security issue affects all 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x versions prior to
4.1.2.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 4.1.2.
http://www.sympa.org/
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.
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