CVE-2020-26880 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2020-26880: Sympa through 6.2.57b.2 allows a local privilege escalation from the sympa user account to full root access by modifying the sympa.conf configuration file (which is owned by sympa) and parsing it through the setuid sympa_newaliases-wrapper executable.

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2020-26880 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

sympa→ fixed in6.2.60~dfsg-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y sympa
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

sympa→ fixed in6.2.60~dfsg-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y sympa
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

sympa→ fixed in6.2.60~dfsg-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y sympa
```

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