Open Ticket Request System up to 3.3.20/4.0.26/5.0.24/6.0.1 Ticket Search information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Open Ticket Request System up to 3.3.20/4.0.26/5.0.24/6.0.1 (Ticket Tracking Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Ticket Search. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

In Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) through 3.3.20, 4 through 4.0.26, 5 through 5.0.24, and 6 through 6.0.1, an attacker who is logged in as a customer can use the ticket search form to disclose internal article information of their customer tickets.

The bug was discovered 12/05/2017. The weakness was released 12/08/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at otrs.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-16854 since 11/16/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 105330 (Debian DSA-4066-1 : otrs2 - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 176252 (Debian Security Update for otrs2 (DSA 4066-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (105330). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-110357.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 105330
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-4066-1 : otrs2 - security update
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OpenVAS ID: 65970
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 4066-1 (otrs2 - security update)
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Advisory: DLA 1212-1
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CVE: CVE-2017-16854 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/09/2017 11:40 AM
Updated: 01/17/2023 10:01 AM
Changes: 12/09/2017 11:40 AM (73), 12/12/2019 09:55 PM (4), 01/17/2023 10:01 AM (4)
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