SB2015081405 - Cross-site scripting in rt4 (Alpine package)

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5475)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in Request Tracker (RT) 4.x before 4.2.12 when processing vectors related to the (1) user and (2) group rights management pages. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=86a8c22e41ca8375203510790898cabe3396c749
• https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=6c8810bb2cd58455d9a4044e2d61d58af53ee9b8
• https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f6613c0a589c390c2eccf8341b6a740b393ecdda