[SECURITY] [DLA 158-1] request-tracker3.8 security update

[news 28]

Package : request-tracker3.8

Version : 3.8.8-7+squeeze8

CVE ID : CVE-2014-9472 CVE-2015-1165 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.

 

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.