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Debian: CVE-2017-16664: otrs2 -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 21, 2017
Added
Nov 24, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Code injection exists in Kernel/System/Spelling.pm in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 5 before 5.0.24, 4 before 4.0.26, and 3.3 before 3.3.20. In the agent interface, an authenticated remote attacker can execute shell commands as the webserver user via URL manipulation.

Solution

debian-upgrade-otrs2
Title
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