UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8474

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8474
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8474.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8474
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:18Z
Published
2016-04-12T14:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:11:48.688622Z
Severity
  • 7.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Open redirect vulnerability in the validbackurl function in app/controllers/applicationcontroller.rb in Redmine before 2.6.7, 3.0.x before 3.0.5, and 3.1.x before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a crafted backurl parameter, as demonstrated by "@attacker.com," a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1985.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / redmine

Package

Name
redmine
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/redmine@3.2.0-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.0-1

Affected versions

3.*
3.0~20140825-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.0-1",
            "binary_name": "redmine"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.0-1",
            "binary_name": "redmine-mysql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.0-1",
            "binary_name": "redmine-pgsql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.0-1",
            "binary_name": "redmine-sqlite"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8474.json"