3.7
LOW
CVE-2020-29668
Sympa SOAP API Authentication Bypass
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 10, 2020, 8:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:21 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-29668 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Sympa sympa
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 3
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-29668.

URL Resource
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=976020 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/blob/6.2.59b.2/NEWS.md Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1041 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/pull/1044 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00026.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFZWDEKQFW3EH665OECDWIWM2MI7T53Y/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JICIHAJKKCZXJNIICUDYXGZFQCN6J4U6/
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818 Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-29668 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-29668 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JICIHAJKKCZXJNIICUDYXGZFQCN6J4U6/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFZWDEKQFW3EH665OECDWIWM2MI7T53Y/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JICIHAJKKCZXJNIICUDYXGZFQCN6J4U6/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EFZWDEKQFW3EH665OECDWIWM2MI7T53Y/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 26, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00026.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00026.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EFZWDEKQFW3EH665OECDWIWM2MI7T53Y/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EFZWDEKQFW3EH665OECDWIWM2MI7T53Y/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JICIHAJKKCZXJNIICUDYXGZFQCN6J4U6/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JICIHAJKKCZXJNIICUDYXGZFQCN6J4U6/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-287 CWE-287 CWE-565
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 13, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EFZWDEKQFW3EH665OECDWIWM2MI7T53Y/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 13, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JICIHAJKKCZXJNIICUDYXGZFQCN6J4U6/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 17, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00026.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=976020 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=976020 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/blob/6.2.59b.2/NEWS.md No Types Assigned https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/blob/6.2.59b.2/NEWS.md Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1041 No Types Assigned https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1041 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/pull/1044 No Types Assigned https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/pull/1044 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-287
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sympa:sympa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 6.2.58 *cpe:2.3:a:sympa:sympa:6.2.59:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-29668 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-29668 weaknesses.

CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-57: Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive Data Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive Data CAPEC-94: Adversary in the Middle (AiTM) Adversary in the Middle (AiTM) CAPEC-114: Authentication Abuse Authentication Abuse CAPEC-115: Authentication Bypass Authentication Bypass CAPEC-151: Identity Spoofing Identity Spoofing CAPEC-194: Fake the Source of Data Fake the Source of Data CAPEC-593: Session Hijacking Session Hijacking CAPEC-633: Token Impersonation Token Impersonation CAPEC-650: Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server CAPEC-31: Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies CAPEC-39: Manipulating Opaque Client-based Data Tokens Manipulating Opaque Client-based Data Tokens CAPEC-226: Session Credential Falsification through Manipulation Session Credential Falsification through Manipulation
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.30 }} 0.04%

score

0.70378

percentile

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