CVE-2021-38562 Information disclosure in n/a
Attackers can disclose sensitive information via timing attacks in Request Tracker, requiring upgrades to secure versions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2021-38562?
CVE-2021-38562 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 18 Oct 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-203
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-38562?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Bestpractical Request Tracker, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2021-38562?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2021-38562 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38562 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38562, DLA-3057-1, GHSA-f58f-h8w5-jgjr, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38562.