CVE-2023-6681
Jwcrypto: denail of service via specifically crafted jwe
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Feb 12, 2024
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 11, 2023
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat |
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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat |
References
- RHSA-2024:3267vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2024:9281vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6681vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2260843issue-tracking
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