CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-6298
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-09-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
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).
Affected configurations
• latchset jwcrypto (< 0.3.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92729 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/commit/eb5be5bd94c8cae1d7f3ba9801377084d8e5a7ba Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/issues/65 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/pull/66 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/releases/tag/v0.3.2 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92729 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/commit/eb5be5bd94c8cae1d7f3ba9801377084d8e5a7ba Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/issues/65 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/pull/66 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/releases/tag/v0.3.2 Patch, Vendor Advisory