CVE-2017-5361

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-07-03 · updated 2026-06-17

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.

Affected products

Best Practical Request Tracker: 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5 (+35)

References

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
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

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