OS Command Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package otrs2 (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-OTRS2-1556169
- published8 Dec 2017
- disclosed8 Dec 2017
Introduced: 8 Dec 2017
CVE-2017-16921 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:12.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream otrs2 package and not the otrs2 package as distributed by Debian.
In OTRS 6.0.x up to and including 6.0.1, OTRS 5.0.x up to and including 5.0.24, and OTRS 4.0.x up to and including 4.0.26, an attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent can manipulate form parameters (related to PGP) and execute arbitrary shell commands with the permissions of the OTRS or web server user.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16921
- https://www.otrs.com/security-advisory-2017-09-security-update-otrs-framework/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4066
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00015.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43853/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162295/OTRS-6.0.1-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-16921
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43853