RT (aka Request Tracker) before 4.0.23 and 4.2.x before 4.2.10 allows remote attackers to hijack sessions via an RSS feed URL.

According to its self-reported version number, the Best Practical Solutions Request Tracker (RT) running on the remote web server is version 4.0.x prior to 4.0.23 or version 4.2.x prior to 4.2.10. It is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A flaw exists in the email gateway that allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service via a specially     crafted email. (CVE-2014-9472)     
  - A flaw exists that allows remote attackers to obtain     sensitive RSS feed URLs and ticket data via unspecified     vectors. (CVE-2015-1165)     
  - A flaw exists in how RSS feed URLs are handled that could     allow a remote attacker to log in as the user who created     the feed. (CVE-2015-1464)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Security fix for CVE-2014-9472 Security fix for CVE-2015-1165 Security fix for CVE-2015-1464

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

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.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 3.8.8-7+squeeze9.

We recommend that you upgrade your request-tracker3.8 packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Best Practical reports :

RT 3.0.0 and above, if running on Perl 5.14.0 or higher, are vulnerable to a remote denial-of-service via the email gateway; any installation which accepts mail from untrusted sources is vulnerable, regardless of the permissions configuration inside RT. This denial-of-service may encompass both CPU and disk usage, depending on RT's logging configuration. This vulnerability is assigned CVE-2014-9472.

RT 3.8.8 and above are vulnerable to an information disclosure attack which may reveal RSS feeds URLs, and thus ticket data; this vulnerability is assigned CVE-2015-1165. RSS feed URLs can also be leveraged to perform session hijacking, allowing a user with the URL to log in as the user that created the feed; this vulnerability is assigned CVE-2015-1464.

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
83140	Request Tracker 4.0.x < 4.0.23 / 4.2.x < 4.2.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	CGI abuses	medium
82606	Fedora 21 : rt-4.2.10-2.fc21 (2015-4666)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
82553	Fedora 22 : rt-4.2.10-2.fc22 (2015-4698)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
82141	Debian DLA-158-1 : request-tracker3.8 security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
81685	FreeBSD : rt -- Remote DoS, Information disclosure and Session Hijackingvulnerabilities (d08f6002-c588-11e4-8495-6805ca0b3d42)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high
81556	Debian DSA-3176-1 : request-tracker4 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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