Redmine up to 2.6.7/3.0.5/3.1.1 API information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Redmine up to 2.6.7/3.0.5/3.1.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component API. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-8473. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Redmine up to 2.6.7/3.0.5/3.1.1 (Project Management Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Issues API in Redmine before 2.6.8, 3.0.x before 3.0.6, and 3.1.x before 3.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information in changeset messages by leveraging permission to read issues with related changesets from other projects.

The weakness was disclosed 04/12/2016 by Matthias Geerdsen (Website). The advisory is shared at debian.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-8473 since 12/03/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87298 (FreeBSD : redmine -- multiple vulnerabilities (be63533c-9ed7-11e5-8f5c-002590263bf5)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 175683 (Debian Security Update for redmine (DSA 3529-1)).

Upgrading to version 2.6.8, 3.0.6 or 3.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (87298) and SecurityFocus (BID 78621†). The entries VDB-82216, VDB-82218 and VDB-82219 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 87298
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : redmine -- multiple vulnerabilities (be63533c-9ed7-11e5-8f5c-002590263bf5)
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OpenVAS ID: 703529
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3529-1 (redmine - security update)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Redmine 2.6.8/3.0.6/3.1.2
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

12/02/2015 🔍
12/03/2015 +1 days 🔍
12/09/2015 +6 days 🔍
12/09/2015 +0 days 🔍
04/12/2016 +124 days 🔍
04/12/2016 +0 days 🔍
04/13/2016 +1 days 🔍
07/13/2022 +2282 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 8d8f612fa368a72c56b63f7ce6b7e98cab9feb22
Researcher: Matthias Geerdsen
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-8473 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-8473
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82217

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SecurityFocus: 78621 - Redmine CVE-2015-8473 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/13/2016 10:00
Updated: 07/13/2022 19:35
Changes: 04/13/2016 10:00 (50), 10/05/2018 07:38 (29), 07/13/2022 19:35 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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