4.3

CVE-2012-6578: bestpractical request_tracker Cryptographic Issues

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2012-6578DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6578
Published 24-07-2013Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-6578 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in bestpractical request_tracker. EPSS estimates a 1.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.06%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Duplicates 1
DSA-2567-1CVE-2012-4735

Timeline

  1. 24-07-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Best Practical Solutions RT 3.8.x before 3.8.15 and 4.0.x before 4.0.8, when GnuPG is enabled with a "Sign by default" queue configuration, uses a queue's key for signing, which might allow remote attackers to spoof messages by leveraging the lack of authentication semantics.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.06%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

64%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.06% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
1.06%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Bestpractical1 product
  • request_tracker3.8.3 | 3.8.4 | 3.8.7 | 3.8.9 | 3.8.10 | 3.8.11 | 3.8.12 | 3.8.13 | 3.8.14 | 4.0.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.0.5 | 4.0.6 | 4.0.7
Debian1 product
  • request-tracker4< 4.0.7-2
Ubuntu1 product
  • request-tracker4< 4.0.13-1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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