CVE-2021-29432 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Sydent is a reference matrix identity server. A malicious user could abuse Sydent to send out arbitrary emails from the Sydent email address. This could be used to construct plausible phishing emails, for example. This issue has been fixed in 4469d1d.

Published: 2021-04-15

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

matrix-org

sydent

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`< 2.3.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:matrix:sydent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-0121	Sydent is a reference matrix identity server. A malicious user could abuse Sydent to send out arbitrary emails from the Sydent email address. This could be used to construct plausible phishing emails, for example. This issue has been fixed in 4469d1d.
Github GHSA	GHSA-mh74-4m5g-fcjx	Malicious users could abuse Sydent to control the content of invitation emails

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0025.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/commit/4469d1d42b2b1612b70638224c07e19623039c42
https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/releases/tag/v2.3.0
https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/security/advisories/GHSA-mh74-4m5g-fcjx
https://pypi.org/project/matrix-sydent/

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Matrix Sydent

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2021-04-15T20:45:15.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T22:02:51.936Z

Reserved: 2021-03-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-29432

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-04-15T21:15:17.630

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:01:05.130

Link: CVE-2021-29432

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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