6.4

CVE-2012-6579: bestpractical request_tracker Cryptographic Issues

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2012-6579DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6579
Published 24-07-2013Last modified 17-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-6579 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in bestpractical request_tracker. EPSS estimates a 0.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.4/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.79%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-2567-1

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, allows remote attackers to configure encryption or signing for certain outbound e-mail, and possibly cause a denial of service (loss of e-mail readability), via an e-mail message to a queue's address.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.79%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

56%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.79% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

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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