FedoraOperating system · Fedoraproject
CVE-2008-2951
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedOpen redirect vulnerability in the search script in Trac before 0.10.5 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the q parameter, possibly related to the quickjump function.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceOpen redirect vulnerability in Trac's search script (pre-0.10.5) allows attackers to craft malicious URLs using the 'q' parameter that redirect users to arbitrary external sites. The vulnerability is in the search/quickjump function which does not properly validate or sanitize the redirect target before issuing the HTTP redirect.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
FedoraOperating system
= 8= 9< 0.10.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Trac installation and versionLocate the Trac installation and determine its version number. Common methods: check the installed package via rpm/dpkg, look for VERSION file in Trac directory, or query the Trac web interface for its version.Affected if The installed version is lower than 0.10.5 (e.g., 0.10.4, 0.10.3, 0.9.x, etc.)
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Check Fedora system package versionIf Trac was installed via Fedora packages, run 'rpm -q trac' to retrieve the installed package version.Affected if Running Fedora 8 or 9 with an older Trac package version installed
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Verify search functionality is accessibleConfirm that the Trac web interface search feature (typically at /search or /quickjump) is enabled and accessible to users.Affected if The search module is enabled and exposed via the web interface
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Test q parameter for open redirect behaviorCraft a URL with an external redirect target in the q parameter (e.g., /search?q=http://malicious.example.com) and observe if the application issues a redirect to the external domain.Affected if The application redirects to the arbitrary URL provided in the q parameter instead of rejecting or sanitizing it
Your environment is affected if Trac version is below 0.10.5 (or the Fedora package is from versions 8 or 9 with older Trac) and the search/quickjump web functionality is enabled and allows arbitrary URL redirection via the q parameter.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data0.10.5
Upgrade to Trac 0.10.5 or later which contains the fix. Alternatively, implement input validation on the q parameter to restrict redirects to relative paths only or explicitly allowed domains.
Fix this in Fedora
Scoped from the published advisory
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