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Ubuntu 24.04 Sympa Important Path Traversal Vuln 2024-55919

ubuntu
Calendar Grey July 15, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Unattended access to network services via Sympa on Ubuntu can be corrected by updating your system to the latest package versions.
Sympa could allow unintended access to network services.

Summary

Sympa could allow unintended access to network services.

Software Description:

- sympa: mailing list management software

Details:

It was discovered that Sympa did not properly validate input on the

generic SSO login. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to

perform a path traversal attack and gain unintended access.

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote access Ubuntu important path traversal sympa

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  sympa                           6.2.70~dfsg-2+deb12u1build0.24.04.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  sympa                           6.2.66~dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  sympa                           6.2.40~dfsg-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  sympa                           6.2.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  sympa                           6.1.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

After a standard system update you need to restart sympa to make
all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8552-1

CVE-2024-55919

Severity
important
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Critical

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8552-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote access Ubuntu important path traversal sympa

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sympa/6.2.70~dfsg-2+deb12u1build0.24.04.1

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