CVE-2021-38562

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-38562
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-10-18 09:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:37:00 UTC
DescriptionBest Practical Request Tracker (RT) 4.2 before 4.2.17, 4.4 before 4.4.5, and 5.0 before 5.0.2 allows sensitive information disclosure via a timing attack against lib/RT/REST2/Middleware/Auth.pm.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-203

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bestpractical Request Tracker All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Always check password to avoid timing side channel attacks in REST2 b… · bestpractical/rt@70749bb · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3057-1] request-tracker4 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: rt-4.4.5-4.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: rt-4.4.5-4.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Documentation - Best Practical MISC docs.bestpractical.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179485 Debian Security Update for request-tracker4 (DLA 3057-1)
  • 179715 Debian Security Update for request-tracker4 (CVE-2021-38562)
  • 199974 Ubuntu Security Notification for Request Tracker Vulnerabilities (USN-6529-1)
  • 281982 Fedora Security Update for rt (FEDORA-2021-7ddc28a14b)
  • 281983 Fedora Security Update for rt (FEDORA-2021-05feb8a8b2)
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