CVE-2025-2545
EPSS 0.15%
Description
Vulnerability in Best Practical Solutions, LLC's Request Tracker prior to v5.0.8, where the Triple DES (3DES) cryptographic algorithm is used to protect emails sent with S/MIME encryption. Triple DES is considered obsolete and insecure due to its susceptibility to birthday attacks, which could compromise the confidentiality of encrypted messages.
How to fix CVE-2025-2545
To remediate CVE-2025-2545, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/request-tracker4—upgrade to 4.4.4+dfsg-2+deb11u4 or later
- Debian/request-tracker5—upgrade to 5.0.3+dfsg-3~deb12u3 or later
Is CVE-2025-2545 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.4.4+dfsg-2+deb11u4
- from 0, < 5.0.3+dfsg-3~deb12u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |