Vulnerability · Published Oct 18, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-38562
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the rt4 package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.8% (higher than 79% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.8%top 21.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | rt4 | 4.4.7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-38562 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | rt4 | 4.4.7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-38562 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | rt4 | 4.4.7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-38562 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | rt4 | 4.4.7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-38562 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | rt4 | 4.4.7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-38562 |
| Debian:12 | request-tracker4 | 4.4.4+dfsg-3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38562 |
| Debian:12 | request-tracker5 | 5.0.3+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38562 |
| Debian:13 | request-tracker5 | 5.0.3+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38562 |
| Debian:14 | request-tracker5 | 5.0.3+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38562 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | request-tracker4 | 4.4.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22.04.1 | USN-6529-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | request-tracker4 | 4.4.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38562 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | request-tracker4 | 4.4.4+dfsg-2ubuntu2 | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38562 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://docs.bestpractical.com/release-notes/rt/index.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/bestpractical/rt/commit/70749bb66cb13dd70bd53340c371038a5f3ca57c x_refsource_CONFIRM
- FEDORA-2021-825dd1879f vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220623 [SECURITY] [DLA 3057-1] request-tracker4 security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST