82135 : RT Disabled Group Access Rights Handling Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2012-05-22

Description

RT contains a flaw that may allow an attacker to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered by an error when handling access rights, which may allow users in disabled groups to gain escalated privileges.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.8.12 or 4.0.6 or higher, as they have been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Best Practical Solutions LLC.	RT	3.8.11
		4.0.5
		3.0

References

CVE ID: 2011-4459 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 49259 49275
Bugtraq ID: 53660
Related OSVDB ID: 82129 82130 82133 82134 82136 82140
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2012-May/000202.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2012-May/000203.html
http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2012-May/000204.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2480

Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 3.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-06-05 | Disagree?

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