Debian dla-4668 : sympa - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 325150

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4668 advisory.

- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4668-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Utkarsh Gupta July 04, 2026 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : sympa Version : 6.2.70~dfsg-2+deb12u1 CVE ID : CVE-2024-55919 Debian Bug : 1090188

A flaw was found in Sympas web interface, a modern mailing list manager.
An attacker may bypass authentication by using an arbitrary e-mail address when the generic SSO loging feature was enabled.

For Debian 12 bookworm, this problem has been fixed in version 6.2.70~dfsg-2+deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your sympa packages.

For the detailed security status of sympa please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/sympa

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the sympa packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 325150

File Name: debian_DLA-4668.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/6/2026

Updated: 7/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.65

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-55919

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sympa, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-55919

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