Resource Exhaustion Affecting ipa-common package, versions <0:4.9.13-9.module+el8.10.0+21692+c9b201bc


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-IPACOMMON-7064373
  • published23 May 2024
  • disclosed28 Dec 2023

Introduced: 28 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-6681  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 ipa-common to version 0:4.9.13-9.module+el8.10.0+21692+c9b201bc or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ipa-common package and not the ipa-common package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in JWCrypto. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) attack and possible password brute-force and dictionary attacks to be more resource-intensive. This issue can result in a large amount of computational consumption, causing a denial of service attack.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1