Best Practical Request Tracker (RT) before 4.4.9, 5.0.9, and 6.0.2 allows CSV Injection via ticket values when TSV export is used.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Ubuntu Linux - security update (CVE-2025-61873)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4349 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4349-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                    Thorsten Alteholz     October 26, 2025                              https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : request-tracker4     Version        : 4.4.4+dfsg-2+deb11u5     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-61873


    It was discovered that Request Tracker, an extensible trouble-ticket     tracking system, is prone to a CSV injection via ticket values with     special characters that are exported to a TSV from search results.


    For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     4.4.4+dfsg-2+deb11u5.

    We recommend that you upgrade your request-tracker4 packages.

    For the detailed security status of request-tracker4 please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/request-tracker4

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the b374df95-afa8-11f0-b4c8-792b26d8a051 advisory.

    Gareth Watkin-Jones from 4armed reports:
    RT is vulnerable to CSV injection via ticket values with            special characters that are exported to a TSV from search            results. Thanks to Gareth Watkin-Jones from 4armed for            reporting this finding.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6031 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-6031-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso     October 22, 2025                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package        : request-tracker5     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-9158 CVE-2025-61873

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Request Tracker, an     extensible trouble-ticket tracking system, which could result in CSV     injection via ticket values with special characters, or cross-site     scripting via calendar invitations added to a ticket.

    For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been     fixed in version 5.0.3+dfsg-3~deb12u4. The oldstable distribution     (bookworm) is only affected by CVE-2025-61873.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in     version 5.0.7+dfsg-4+deb13u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your request-tracker5 packages.

    For the detailed security status of request-tracker5 please refer to its     security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/request-tracker5

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6032 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-6032-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso     October 22, 2025                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package        : request-tracker4     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-61873

    It was discovered that Request Tracker, an extensible trouble-ticket     tracking system is prone to a CSV injection via ticket values with     special characters that are exported to a TSV from search results.

    For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed     in version 4.4.6+dfsg-1.1+deb12u3.

    We recommend that you upgrade your request-tracker4 packages.

    For the detailed security status of request-tracker4 please refer to its     security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/request-tracker4

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
271581	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-61873	Nessus	Misc.	critical
271494	Debian dla-4349 : request-tracker4 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
271364	FreeBSD : RT -- CSV injection (b374df95-afa8-11f0-b4c8-792b26d8a051)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	critical
271215	Debian dsa-6031 : request-tracker5 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
271214	Debian dsa-6032 : request-tracker4 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical

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