CVE-2008-7278 Weak cryptography in n/a
Remote attackers can decrypt S/MIME emails due to low entropy from improper OpenSSL RANDFILE configuration in OTRS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-7278?
CVE-2008-7278 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Otrs Otrs, published on 18 Mar 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The S/MIME feature in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) before 2.2.5, and 2.3.x before 2.3.0-beta1, does not properly configure the RANDFILE environment variable 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7278?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Otrs Otrs.
How do I fix CVE-2008-7278?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2008-7278 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-7278 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Otrs Otrs
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-7278, GHSA-rgfv-29jm-8wcc.