CVE-2012-6579

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 configure encryption or signing for certain outbound e-mail, and possibly cause a denial of service (loss of e-mail readability), via an e-mail message to a queue's address.

Published: 2013-07-24 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6579 is rated Moderate Risk (44.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.79%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6579

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.25% 0.79% +0.55%
2 2025-03-30 0.36% 0.25% -0.12%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.36% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6579

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6579

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-6579

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-6579 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (request-tracker4), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6579
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-6579 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (request-tracker3.8, request-tracker4), 26 status rows across 13 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 12, not-affected 7, ignored 5, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6579

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6579

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.10 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.11 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.12 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.13 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.14 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6579

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