Bug 1475081 (CVE-2017-5944)

Summary:	CVE-2017-5944 rt: Remote code execution in the dashboard subscription interface
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	j, perl-devel, rc040203
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2017-07-26 01:30:37 UTC

It was discovered that Request Tracker is prone to a remote code execution vulnerability in the dashboard subscription interface. A privileged attacker can take advantage of this flaw through carefully-crafted saved search names to cause unexpected code to be executed.

External References:

https://forum.bestpractical.com/t/security-vulnerabilities-in-rt-2017-06-15/32016

References:

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3882
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99381

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2017-07-26 01:36:21 UTC

Created rt tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1475084]