Debian DSA-4021-1 : otrs2 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 104441

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that missing input validation in the Open Ticket Request System could result in privilege escalation by an agent with write permissions for statistics.

Solution

Upgrade the otrs2 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.18-1+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 5.0.16-1+deb9u2.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/otrs2

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/otrs2

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4021

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104441

File Name: debian_DSA-4021.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/8/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:otrs2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14635

DSA: 4021