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CVE-2023-6681: 
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Overview

A vulnerability (CVE-2023-6681) was discovered in JWCrypto, reported on February 12, 2024. The vulnerability affects JWCrypto versions up to (excluding) 1.5.1 and impacts various systems including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, and Ubuntu distributions (NVD, Red Hat).

Technical details

The vulnerability is related to the JWE key management algorithms based on PBKDF2, specifically involving the JOSE Header Parameter called p2c (PBES2 Count). This parameter controls the number of PBKDF2 iterations needed to derive a CEK wrapping key. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L (Red Hat Advisory).

Impact

The vulnerability can result in denial of service (DoS) conditions and make password brute-force and dictionary attacks more resource-intensive. When exploited, it can cause significant computational consumption, leading to system performance degradation (Red Hat Bugzilla).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in JWCrypto version 1.5.1. Red Hat has released security updates through RHSA-2024:3267 for Enterprise Linux 8 and RHSA-2024:9281 for Enterprise Linux 9. Users are advised to update to the fixed versions (Red Hat Advisory, Red Hat Advisory).

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Source: This report was generated using AI

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