https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1475072
Bug ID: 1475072 Summary: CVE-2017-5361 rt: timing side-channel attack in secrets constant-time comparison algorithm Product: Security Response Component: vulnerability Keywords: Security Severity: low Priority: low Assignee: security-response-team@redhat.com Reporter: psampaio@redhat.com CC: perl-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org, rc040203@freenet.de, tibbs@math.uh.edu
It was discovered that RT::Authen::ExternalAuth, an external authentication module for Request Tracker, is vulnerable to timing side-channel attacks for user passwords. Only ExternalAuth in DBI (database) mode is vulnerable.
Upstream patch:
https://forum.bestpractical.com/t/security-vulnerabilities-in-rt-2017-06-15/...
References:
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3882 https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3883
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1475072
Pedro Sampaio psampaio@redhat.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Depends On| |1475084
--- Comment #1 from Pedro Sampaio psampaio@redhat.com --- Created rt tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1475084]
Referenced Bugs:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1475084 [Bug 1475084] CVE-2016-6127 CVE-2017-5361 CVE-2017-5943 CVE-2017-5944 rt: various flaws [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1475072 Bug 1475072 depends on bug 1475084, which changed state.
Bug 1475084 Summary: CVE-2016-6127 CVE-2017-5361 CVE-2017-5943 CVE-2017-5944 rt: various flaws [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1475084
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ON_QA |CLOSED Resolution|--- |ERRATA
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