vulnerability
Alma Linux: CVE-2024-28102: Moderate: python-jwcrypto security update (ALSA-2024-2559)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Mar 21, 2024 | May 8, 2024 | Apr 17, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Mar 21, 2024
Added
May 8, 2024
Modified
Apr 17, 2026
Description
JWCrypto implements JWK, JWS, and JWE specifications using python-cryptography. Prior to version 1.5.6, an attacker can cause a denial of service attack by passing in a malicious JWE Token with a high compression ratio. When the server processes this token, it will consume a lot of memory and processing time. Version 1.5.6 fixes this vulnerability by limiting the maximum token length.
Solution
alma-upgrade-python3-jwcrypto
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