74092 : OTRS (Open Ticket Request System) S/MIME OpenSSL Environment Variables Cryptographic Entropy Weakness
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Disclosure Date
2008-11-16

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-5057" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The S/MIME feature in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) before 2.3.4 does not configure the RANDFILE and HOME environment variables for OpenSSL, which might make it easier for remote attackers to decrypt e-mail messages that had lower than intended entropy available for cryptographic operations, related to inability to write to the seeding file.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Cryptographic
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.3.4 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2009-5057 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://bugs.otrs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3462
http://source.otrs.org/viewvc.cgi/otrs/CHANGES?revision=1.1807

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-03-21 | Disagree?

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