CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2009-5057

MEDIUMEPSS 74th pctl
5.0
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

The S/MIME feature in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) before 2.3.4 does not configure the RANDFILE and HOME environment variables for OpenSSL, which might make it easier for remote attackers to decrypt e-mail messages that had lower than intended entropy available for cryptographic operations, related to inability to write to the seeding file.

How to fix

Remediation Available
otrs2Debian
Fixed in:2.4.5-1CVE-2009-5057

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.65%probability of exploitation in 30 days
74thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 74% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

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