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Debian: CVE-2018-1000539: ruby-json-jwt -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-1000539: ruby-json-jwt -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
06/26/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
09/02/2018
Modified
02/18/2020

Description

Nov json-jwt version >= 0.5.0 && < 1.9.4 contains a CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability in Decryption of AES-GCM encrypted JSON Web Tokens that can result in Attacker can forge a authentication tag. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.9.4 and later.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-ruby-json-jwt

References

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