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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2020-1768 EUVD-2020-12594GHSA-chcp-v68p-g2px

External Interface does not invalidate session

Published Feb 7, 2020 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by OTRS

Description

The external frontend system uses numerous background calls to the backend. Each background request is treated as user activity so the SessionMaxIdleTime will not be reached. This issue affects: OTRS 7.0.x version 7.0.14 and prior versions.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OTRS OTRS 7.0.x – ≤ 7.0.14 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS otrs2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS otrs2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS otrs2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS otrs2 No fix yet —

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