Link Following Affecting request-tracker4 package, versions <4.0.12-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-REQUESTTRACKER4-1558723
  • published 23 Aug 2013
  • disclosed 23 Aug 2013

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 request-tracker4 to version 4.0.12-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream request-tracker4 package and not the request-tracker4 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

bin/rt in Request Tracker (RT) 3.8.x before 3.8.17 and 4.0.x before 4.0.13 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with predictable name.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

4.4 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low