Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1944-1 request-tracker3.4 request-tracker3.6 -- session hijack

Date Reported:
03 Dec 2009
Affected Packages:
request-tracker3.4, request-tracker3.6
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-3585.
More information:

Mikal Gule discovered that request-tracker, an extensible trouble-ticket tracking system, is prone to an attack, where an attacker with access to the same domain can hijack a user's RT session.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.6.1-4+etch1 of request-tracker3.6 and version 3.4.5-2+etch1 of request-tracker3.4.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 3.6.7-5+lenny3.

For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.6.9-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your request-tracker packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.4/request-tracker3.4_3.4.5-2+etch1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.6/request-tracker3.6_3.6.1-4+etch1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.6/request-tracker3.6_3.6.1-4+etch1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.4/request-tracker3.4_3.4.5-2+etch1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.4/request-tracker3.4_3.4.5.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.6/request-tracker3.6_3.6.1.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.6/rt3.6-apache2_3.6.1-4+etch1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.6/rt3.6-apache_3.6.1-4+etch1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.4/rt3.4-clients_3.4.5-2+etch1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.4/request-tracker3.4_3.4.5-2+etch1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.4/rt3.4-apache_3.4.5-2+etch1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.6/request-tracker3.6_3.6.1-4+etch1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.6/rt3.6-clients_3.6.1-4+etch1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.4/rt3.4-apache2_3.4.5-2+etch1_all.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.6/request-tracker3.6_3.6.7.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.6/request-tracker3.6_3.6.7-5+lenny3.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.6/request-tracker3.6_3.6.7-5+lenny3.diff.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.6/rt3.6-db-mysql_3.6.7-5+lenny3_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.6/rt3.6-db-sqlite_3.6.7-5+lenny3_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.6/rt3.6-apache2_3.6.7-5+lenny3_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.6/rt3.6-db-postgresql_3.6.7-5+lenny3_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.6/request-tracker3.6_3.6.7-5+lenny3_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/request-tracker3.6/rt3.6-clients_3.6.7-5+lenny3_all.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.