CVE-2023-6681
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CVE-2023-6681 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.3/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 0.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Latchset | Jwcrypto | < 1.5.1 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 38 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 39 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 8.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 9.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Arm 64 | 8.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems | 8.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian | 8.0 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3267Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6681Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260843Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3267Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6681Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260843Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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