Debian DSA-5541-1 : request-tracker5 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 184062

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5541 advisory.

- Request Tracker reports: CVE-2023-41259 SECURITY: RT is vulnerable to unvalidated email headers in incoming email and the mail-gateway REST interface. CVE-2023-41260 SECURITY: RT is vulnerable to information leakage via response messages returned from requests sent via the mail-gateway REST interface.
CVE-2023-45024 SECURITY: RT 5.0 is vulnerable to information leakage via transaction searches made by authenticated users in the transaction query builder. (CVE-2023-41259, CVE-2023-41260, CVE-2023-45024)

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

Solution

Upgrade the request-tracker5 packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 5.0.3+dfsg-3~deb12u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 184062

File Name: debian_DSA-5541.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 11/14/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45024

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:request-tracker5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rt5-apache2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rt5-clients, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rt5-db-mysql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rt5-db-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rt5-db-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rt5-doc-html, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rt5-fcgi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rt5-standalone, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-41259, CVE-2023-41260, CVE-2023-45024

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