CVE-2017-5361

medium

Description

Request Tracker (RT) 4.x before 4.0.25, 4.2.x before 4.2.14, and 4.4.x before 4.4.2 does not use a constant-time comparison algorithm for secrets, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive user password information via a timing side-channel attack.

References

https://forum.bestpractical.com/t/security-vulnerabilities-in-rt-2017-06-15/32016

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3883

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3882

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-07-03

Updated: 2019-10-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium