Vulnerability in Bestpractical Request_tracker
CVE-2021-38562
Best Practical Request Tracker (RT) 4.2 before 4.2.17, 4.4 before 4.4.5, and 5.0 before 5.0.2 allows sensitive information disclosure via a timing attack against lib/RT/REST2/Middleware/Auth.pm.
EPSS: 0.017 (74.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Bestpractical Request_tracker
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 35
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-38562?
- CVE-2021-38562 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bestpractical Request_tracker, classified under Observable Discrepancy. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-10-18.
- How severe is CVE-2021-38562?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.