Information Exposure Affecting jwcrypto package, versions [,0.3.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-JWCRYPTO-40404
  • published31 Aug 2016
  • disclosed31 Aug 2016
  • creditSimo Sorce

Introduced: 31 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-6298  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

Overview

jwcrypto is a Implementation of JOSE Web standards The Rsa15 class in the RSA 1.5 algorithm implementation in jwa.py in jwcrypto before 0.3.2 lacks the Random Filling protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain cleartext data via a Million Message Attack (MMA).

CVSS Scores

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