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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-26932

debian/sympa.postinst for the Debian Sympa package before 6.2.40~dfsg-7 uses mode 4755 for sympa_newaliases-wrapper, whereas the intended permissions are mode 4750 (for access by the sympa group)

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CVE-2020-26932
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1 Nov 2026, 06:34 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-26932

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Oct 2020, 18:15 UTC

debian/sympa.postinst for the Debian Sympa package before 6.2.40~dfsg-7 uses mode 4755 for sympa_newaliases-wrapper, whereas the intended permissions are mode 4750 (for access by the sympa group)

osv:CVE-2020-26932
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-26932",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-26932",
    "summary": "debian/sympa.postinst for the Debian Sympa package before 6.2.40~dfsg-7 uses mode 4755 for sympa_newaliases-wrapper, whereas the intended permissions are mode 4750 (for access by the sympa group)",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-26932",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-26932",
      "aliases": [
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      ],
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
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                {
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                },
                {
                  "fixed": "9d31cceb2e6301d551cfa83995b43e5dca0f79dc"
                }
              ],
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                        "fixed": "6.2.40"
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            "6.2.22",
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            "6.2.37b.2",
            "6.2.36",
            "6.2.37b.1",
            "6.2.33b.2",
            "6.2.32",
            "6.2.33b.1",
            "6.2.30",
            "6.2.28",
            "6.2.25b.2",
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            "6.2.23b.3",
            "6.2.23b.2",
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            "6.2.20",
            "6.2.19b.2",
            "6.2.19b.1",
            "6.2.18",
            "6.2.17b.2",
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-26932.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:41.324316020Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugs.debian.org/971904",
        "https://salsa.debian.org/sympa-team/sympa/-/merge_requests/1",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4818"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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            "extracted_events": [
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        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-26932",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435127,
  "published_at": "2020-10-10T18:15:12.76+00:00"
}