CVE-2017-5361
rt-authen-externalauth - security update
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.19%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-5361
To remediate CVE-2017-5361, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.4.1-4 or later
- —upgrade to 0.10-4+deb7u1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.25-1+deb8u1 or later
Is CVE-2017-5361 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 4.4.1-4
- from 0, < 0.10-4+deb7u1
- from 0, < 0.25-1+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |