[Secure-testing-team] Bug#882370: otrs2: CVE-2017-16664: OSA-2017-07: privilege escalation

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: otrs2
Version: 3.3.9-1
Severity: grave
Tags: patch security upstream fixed-upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for otrs2.

CVE-2017-16664[0]:
| 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 attackeer can
| execute shell commands as the webserver user via URL manipulation.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16664
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16664
[1] https://www.otrs.com/security-advisory-2017-07-security-update-otrs-framework/

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore