What is CVE-2008-7278?

CVE-2008-7278 is a vulnerability in Otrs, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2011-03-18.

Is CVE-2008-7278 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in Otrs

CVE-2008-7278

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.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.020 (78.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Otrs — versions 0.5, 1.0, 1.0.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-7278?: CVE-2008-7278 is a vulnerability in Otrs, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2011-03-18.
Is CVE-2008-7278 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.