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5.3 Medium

CVE-2023-6681 Jwcrypto: denail of service via specifically crafted jwe

Description

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 3.1 detail

Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploitable remotely over the network, without an account and without any user action; the impact on data or service is limited.

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 8100020240416171943.823393 earliest → < 8100020240416171943.823393f5 8100020240416171943.823393f5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Versions not published
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Versions not published
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Versions not published

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