Debian DLA-1521-1 : otrs2 security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 117714

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Fabien Arnoux discovered several security issues in email validation of otrs system.

CVE-2018-16586

Load external image or CSS resources in browser when user opens a malicious email.

CVE-2018-16587

Remote deletions of arbitrary files that the OTRS web server user has write access when opening malicious email.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 3.3.18-1+deb8u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your otrs2 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.

Solution

Upgrade the affected otrs, and otrs2 packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00033.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 117714

File Name: debian_DLA-1521.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/27/2018

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16586, CVE-2018-16587