CVE-2017-5361 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3882 http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3883 https://forum.bestpractical.com/t/security-vulnerabilities-in-rt-2017-06-15/32016

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.9