CVE-2021-31866: Redmine before 4.0.9 and 4.1.x before 4.1.3 allows an attacker to learn the values of internal authentication keys by observing timing differences in string…

PriorityP431medium5.3CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCLINAN

EPSS

1.21%

65.0th percentile

Redmine before 4.0.9 and 4.1.x before 4.1.3 allows an attacker to learn the values of internal authentication keys by observing timing differences in string comparison operations within SysController and MailHandlerController.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	redmine	< redmine 5.0.0-1 (bookworm)	redmine 5.0.0-1 (bookworm)
redmine	redmine	< 4.0.9	4.0.9
redmine	redmine	>= 0 < 5.0.0-1	5.0.0-1
redmine	redmine	>= 0 < 5.0.0-1	5.0.0-1
redmine	redmine	>= 4.1.0 < 4.1.3	4.1.3

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

osv5.3MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.3MEDIUM

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