Debian: DSA-3883-1: rt-authen-externalauth security update

Date 15 Jun 2017

Category Debian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

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Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

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.


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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3883-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
June 15, 2017                         https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : rt-authen-externalauth
CVE ID         : CVE-2017-5361

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.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.25-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your rt-authen-externalauth packages.

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