Debian dsa-6324 : request-tracker5 - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 319608

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6324 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6324-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso June 06, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : request-tracker5 CVE ID : CVE-2026-6841 CVE-2026-41073 CVE-2026-41075 CVE-2026-41076 CVE-2026-44229 CVE-2026-44230 CVE-2026-44231

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Request Tracker, an extensible trouble-ticket tracking system, which could result privilege escalation, information disclosure, SQL injections, LDAP authentication bypass, cross-site scripting or spreadsheet (CSV/formula) injection.

For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 5.0.3+dfsg-3~deb12u6.

For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in version 5.0.7+dfsg-4+deb13u3.

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: [email protected]

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.

Solution

Upgrade the request-tracker5 packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?66342c62

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/request-tracker5

https://packages.debian.org/source/trixie/request-tracker5

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-41073

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-41075

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-41076

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-44229

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-44230

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-44231

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-6841

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 319608

File Name: debian_DSA-6324.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/6/2026

Updated: 6/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-6841

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Threat Score: 1.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rt5-db-mysql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rt5-apache2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rt5-standalone, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rt5-db-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:request-tracker5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rt5-doc-html, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rt5-fcgi, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rt5-db-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rt5-clients

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41073, CVE-2026-41075, CVE-2026-41076, CVE-2026-44229, CVE-2026-44230, CVE-2026-44231, CVE-2026-6841