CVE-2008-7278

Published Mar 18, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-7231 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 5:04 PM
Reserved
Mar 18, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 18, 2011, 4:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:03 PM