Improper Privilege Management Affecting otrs2 package, versions <5.0.20-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.35% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-OTRS2-515761
  • published12 Jun 2017
  • disclosed12 Jun 2017

Introduced: 12 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9324  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 otrs2 to version 5.0.20-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream otrs2 package and not the otrs2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 3.3.x through 3.3.16, 4.x through 4.0.23, and 5.x through 5.0.19, an attacker with agent permission is capable of opening a specific URL in a browser to gain administrative privileges / full access. Afterward, all system settings can be read and changed. The URLs in question contain index.pl?Action=Installer with ;Subaction=Intro or ;Subaction=Start or ;Subaction=System appended at the end.