Bug 1475081 (CVE-2017-5944) - CVE-2017-5944 rt: Remote code execution in the dashboard subscription interface
Summary: CVE-2017-5944 rt: Remote code execution in the dashboard subscription interface
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2017-5944
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1475084
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-07-26 01:30 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2021-02-17 01:50 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-08-24 08:56:35 UTC
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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]
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