In short
- CVE-2016-6298 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability affecting jwcrypto, jwcrypto (latchset).
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.2%, higher than 82.9% of all vulnerabilities.
- Fix: update to 0.3.2, 0.4.0 or later.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| jwcrypto PyPI | < 0.3.2< 0.4.0
| 0.3.20.4.0
|
| jwcrypto | < 0.3.2
| 0.3.2
|
Description
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).
NVD description
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).
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