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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3176-1 (request-tracker4 - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Request Tracker, an extensible trouble-ticket tracking system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2014-9472 Christian Loos discovered a remote denial of service vulnerability, exploitable via the email gateway and affecting any installation which accepts mail from untrusted sources. Depending on RT's logging configuration, a remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause CPU and excessive disk usage. CVE-2015-1165 Christian Loos discovered an information disclosure flaw which may reveal RSS feeds URLs, and thus ticket data. CVE-2015-1464 It was discovered that RSS feed URLs can be leveraged to perform session hijacking, allowing a user with the URL to log in as the user that created the feed.
Affected Software
Affected Software
request-tracker4 on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.7-5+deb7u3. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 4.2.8-3. We recommend that you upgrade your request-tracker4 packages.