CVE-2012-6579

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-07-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

Best Practical Solutions RT 3.8.x before 3.8.15 and 4.0.x before 4.0.8, when GnuPG is enabled, allows remote attackers to configure encryption or signing for certain outbound e-mail, and possibly cause a denial of service (loss of e-mail readability), via an e-mail message to a queue's address.

Affected products

Best Practical Request Tracker: 3.8.3, 3.8.4, 3.8.7, 3.8.9, 3.8.10, 3.8.11 (+11)

References

http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2012-October/000212.html
http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2012-October/000212.html

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