CVE-2010-3476

Description

Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 2.3.x before 2.3.6 and 2.4.x before 2.4.8 does not properly handle the matching of Perl regular expressions against HTML e-mail messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2080.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.38% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory otrs.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2080
http://secunia.com/advisories/41381 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://otrs.org/advisory/OSA-2010-02-en/ vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61869 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43264 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-3476?
CVE-2010-3476 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-3476?
To fix CVE-2010-3476, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-3476 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-3476 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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