CVE-2020-26257

Matrix is an ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging and VoIP. Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix. A malicious or poorly-implemented homeserver can inject malformed events into a room by specifying a different room id in the path of a `/send_join`, `/send_leave`, `/invite` or `/exchange_third_party_invite` request. This can lead to a denial of service in which future events will not be correctly sent to other servers over federation. This affects any server which accepts federation requests from untrusted servers. The Matrix Synapse reference implementation before version 1.23.1 the implementation is vulnerable to this injection attack. Issue is fixed in version 1.23.1. As a workaround homeserver administrators could limit access to the federation API to trusted servers (for example via `federation_domain_whitelist`).
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:matrix:synapse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 05:19

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References () https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/CHANGES.md#synapse-1231-2020-12-09 - Release Notes, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/CHANGES.md#synapse-1231-2020-12-09 - Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/3ce2f303f15f6ac3dc352298972dc6e04d9b7a8b - Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/3ce2f303f15f6ac3dc352298972dc6e04d9b7a8b - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/8776 - Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/8776 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-hxmp-pqch-c8mm - Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-hxmp-pqch-c8mm - Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DBTIU3ZNBFWZ56V4X7JIAD33V5H2GOMC/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DBTIU3ZNBFWZ56V4X7JIAD33V5H2GOMC/ -
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QR4MMYZKX5N5GYGH4H5LBUUC5TLAFHI7/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QR4MMYZKX5N5GYGH4H5LBUUC5TLAFHI7/ -

07 Nov 2023, 03:20

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References
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QR4MMYZKX5N5GYGH4H5LBUUC5TLAFHI7/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2020-a2172c484d', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DBTIU3ZNBFWZ56V4X7JIAD33V5H2GOMC/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2020-eeb66c2ece', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DBTIU3ZNBFWZ56V4X7JIAD33V5H2GOMC/ -
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Information

Published : 2020-12-09 19:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:19


NVD link : CVE-2020-26257

Mitre link : CVE-2020-26257

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-26257


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Products Affected

matrix

  • synapse

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption