Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5541-1 request-tracker5 -- security update

Date Reported:
30 Oct 2023
Affected Packages:
request-tracker5
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1054517.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2023-41259, CVE-2023-41260, CVE-2023-45024.
More information:

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Request Tracker, an extensible trouble-ticket tracking system.

  • CVE-2023-41259

    Tom Wolters reported that Request Tracker is vulnerable to accepting unvalidated RT email headers in incoming email and the mail-gateway REST interface.

  • CVE-2023-41260

    Tom Wolters reported that Request Tracker is vulnerable to information leakage via response messages returned from requests sent via the mail-gateway REST interface.

  • CVE-2023-45024

    It was reported that Request Tracker is vulnerable to information leakage via transaction searches made by authenticated users in the transaction query builder.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 5.0.3+dfsg-3~deb12u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your request-tracker5 packages.

For the detailed security status of request-tracker5 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/request-tracker5