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Debian DSA-2536-1 : otrs2 - XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 61734

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that Open Ticket Request System (OTRS), a ticket request system, contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability when email messages are viewed using Internet Explorer. This update also improves the HTML security filter to detect tag nesting.

Solution

Upgrade the otrs2 packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.9+dfsg1-3+squeeze3.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2536

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 61734

File Name: debian_DSA-2536.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/31/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:otrs2

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/30/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2582, CVE-2012-4600

BID: 54890

DSA: 2536