DSA-5542-1 request-tracker4 -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5542-1 request-tracker4 -- security update

Date Reported:

30 Oct 2023

Affected Packages:

request-tracker4

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1054516.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2023-41259, CVE-2023-41260.

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.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 4.4.4+dfsg-2+deb11u3.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 4.4.6+dfsg-1.1+deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your request-tracker4 packages.

For the detailed security status of request-tracker4 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/request-tracker4