CVE-2021-31866
MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: April 28, 2021 at 06:16 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:52 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxRedmine
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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00013.htmlx_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Security_AdvisoriesCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-203
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