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Debian: DSA-2220-1 Critical: Request Tracker Remote Attacks Overview

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Calendar Grey April 19, 2011
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Debian DSA-2221-1 highlights various WordPress flaws, recommending immediate security patches to bolster protection.
Several vulnerabilities were in Request Tracker, an issue tracking system

Summary

Several vulnerabilities were in Request Tracker, an issue tracking
system.

CVE-2011-1685
If the external custom field feature is enabled, Request Tracker
allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code with the
permissions of the web server, possible triggered by a cross-site
request forgery attack. (External custom fields are disabled by
default.)

CVE-2011-1686
Multiple SQL injection attacks allow authenticated users to obtain
data from the database in an unauthorized way.

CVE-2011-1687
An information leak allows an authenticated privileged user to
obtain sensitive information, such as encrypted passwords, via the
search interface.

CVE-2011-1688
When running under certain web servers (such as Lighttpd), Request
Tracker is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack, allowing
attackers to read any files accessible to the web server. Request
Tracker instances running under Apache or Nginx are not affected.

CVE-2011-1689
Request Tracker con...

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Severity
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Package: request-tracker3.6, request-tracker3.8
CVE ID: CVE-2011-1685 CVE-2011-1686 CVE-2011-1687 CVE-2011-1688

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