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CVE-2023-6681

Public on 2024-02-12
Modified on 2024-02-14
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.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core python-jwcrypto 2024-03-27 21:32 ALAS2-2024-2506

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD CVSSv3 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-6681 Mitre: CVE-2023-6681 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity