Information disclosure in Debian Linux - CVE-2019-12746
Published: August 21, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35602
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12746
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Debian
Affected software:
Debian Linux
Debian Linux
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
An issue was discovered in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) Community Edition 5.0.x through 5.0.36 and 6.0.x through 6.0.19. A user logged into OTRS as an agent might unknowingly disclose their session ID by sharing the link of an embedded ticket article with third parties. This identifier can be then be potentially abused in order to impersonate the agent user.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-12746
Install update from vendor's website.