# CVE-2020-9369: Sympa 6.2.38 through 6.2.52 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption from temporary files, and a flood of noti

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-02-24 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Sympa 6.2.38 through 6.2.52 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption from temporary files, and a flood of notifications to listmasters) via a series of requests with malformed parameters.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://sympa-community.github.io/security/2020-001.html
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/886
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XO4WJYNNHWM7DUKCN4EWYYYPXZSOI7BQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6TMVZ5LVYCCIHGEC7RQUMGUE7DJWUXN7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A3FUYYLV6URRLAJVWXNJYK2CNOKKNHXC/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818

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