CVE-2016-6298

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).

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.3 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2016-09-01

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected products

• Jwcrypto (Latchset)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92729
• https://github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/commit/eb5be5bd94c8cae1d7f3ba9801377084d8e5a7ba
• https://github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/issues/65
• https://github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/pull/66
• https://github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/releases/tag/v0.3.2