CVE-2017-15572 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2017-15572?

CVE-2017-15572 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 18 Oct 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Redmine before 3.2.6 and 3.3.x before 3.3.3, remote attackers can obtain sensitive information (password reset tokens) by reading a Referer log, because account/lost_password does not use a redirect.

Weakness: CWE-532

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15572?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Redmine Redmine.

How do I fix CVE-2017-15572?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-15572 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15572 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15572, GHSA-69c8-w2qp-966r, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15572.