CVE-2010-4759 Denial of service in n/a
Authenticated users can cause a denial of service by triggering a daemon hang via a fulltext search in OTRS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-4759?
CVE-2010-4759 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Otrs Otrs, published on 18 Mar 2011. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) before 3.0.0-beta7 does not properly restrict the ticket ages that are within the scope of a search, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via a fulltext search.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4759?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Otrs Otrs.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4759?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-4759 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4759 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Otrs Otrs
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4759, GHSA-75v7-4jr4-8p3c.