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Debian DSA-1944-1 : request-tracker3.4 request-tracker3.6 - session hijack

medium Nessus Plugin ID 44809

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Synopsis

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

Description

Mikal Gule discovered that request-tracker, an extensible trouble-ticket tracking system, is prone to an attack, where an attacker with access to the same domain can hijack a user's RT session.

Solution

Upgrade the request-tracker packages.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.6.1-4+etch1 of request-tracker3.6 and version 3.4.5-2+etch1 of request-tracker3.4.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 3.6.7-5+lenny3.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1944

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 44809

File Name: debian_DSA-1944.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:request-tracker3.4, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:request-tracker3.6, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3585, CVE-2009-4151

BID: 37162

CWE: 287

DSA: 1944