CVE-2021-33038

Summary

CVECVE-2021-33038
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-26 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-06-28 14:11:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in management/commands/hyperkitty_import.py in HyperKitty through 1.3.4. When importing a private mailing list's archives, these archives are publicly visible for the duration of the import. For example, sensitive information might be available on the web for an hour during a large migration from Mailman 2 to Mailman 3.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-276

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Application Hyperkitty Project Hyperkitty All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Discovering and fixing CVE-2021-33038 in Mailman3 – [[WM:TECHBLOG]] MISC techblog.wikimedia.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4922-1 hyperkitty DEBIAN www.debian.org
Ensure private archives stay private during import (CVE-2021-33038) (90253245) · Commits · GNU Mailman / HyperKitty · GitLab CONFIRM gitlab.com
hyperkitty_import command leaves archives public until import finishes (#380) · Issues · GNU Mailman / HyperKitty · GitLab CONFIRM gitlab.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178621 Debian Security Update for hyperkitty (DSA 4922-1)
  • 178636 Debian Security Update for hyperkitty (DSA 4922-1)
  • 179661 Debian Security Update for hyperkitty (CVE-2021-33038)
  • 750165 OpenSUSE Security Update for python-HyperKitty (openSUSE-SU-2021:0861-1)
  • 982085 Python (pip) Security Update for HyperKitty (GHSA-h39g-q63v-4h9p)

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