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request-tracker4 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6581

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 bypass intended restrictions on reading keys in the product's keyring, and trigger outbound e-mail messages signed by an arbitrary stored secret key, by leveraging a UI e-mail signing privilege.

Products
request-tracker4
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.0.7-2
CVEs
CVE-2012-6581
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 22:57 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6581

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Jul 2013, 12:01 UTC

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 bypass intended restrictions on reading keys in the product's keyring, and trigger outbound e-mail messages signed by an arbitrary stored secret key, by leveraging a UI e-mail signing privilege.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6581

request-tracker4

Fixed versions: 4.0.7-2

Complete source record
{
  "id": "a2a6fe0f220c0df21b2eacb86b844a53fa5e116d8347d1b5f9d6e3b6649e84ad",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6581",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6581",
    "summary": "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 bypass intended restrictions on reading keys in the product's keyring, and trigger outbound e-mail messages signed by an arbitrary stored secret key, by leveraging a UI e-mail signing privilege.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6581",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "request-tracker4",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "4.0.7-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6581",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6581"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "4.0.7-2"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "request-tracker4",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/request-tracker4?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6581.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:30.531586913Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2012-6581"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6581"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2012-6581",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 417319,
  "published_at": "2013-07-24T12:01:45.107+00:00"
}