CVE-2014-9472 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the email gateway of Request Tracker (RT) versions 3.0.0 through 4.x before 4.0.23 and 4.2.x before 4.2.10, affecting various distributions including Debian and Fedora. This flaw allows remote attackers to exhaust CPU and disk resources by sending a specially crafted email. With a CVSS score of 7.1, it is considered high severity due to its network attack vector and potential for complete system unavailability, though it requires medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.