CVE-2009-5057

N/A Unknown
Published: March 18, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The S/MIME feature in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) before 2.3.4 does not configure the RANDFILE and HOME environment variables 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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.otrs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3462
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://source.otrs.org/viewvc.cgi/otrs/CHANGES?revision=1.1807
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.7%
74th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

otrs