CVE-2016-6298

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6298
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6298.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6298
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Published
2016-09-01T23:59:01Z
Modified
2025-07-01T23:21:55.242225Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The _Rsa15 class in the RSA 1.5 algorithm implementation in jwa.py in jwcrypto before 0.3.2 lacks the Random Filling protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain cleartext data via a Million Message Attack (MMA).

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / python-jwcrypto

Package

Name
python-jwcrypto
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/python-jwcrypto?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.3.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / python-jwcrypto

Package

Name
python-jwcrypto
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/python-jwcrypto?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.3.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / python-jwcrypto

Package

Name
python-jwcrypto
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/python-jwcrypto?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.3.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Git / github.com/latchset/jwcrypto

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/latchset/jwcrypto
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
b81d7ea6459b2ec42da519ba19f983e2f4416fbb
Fixed
eb5be5bd94c8cae1d7f3ba9801377084d8e5a7ba

Affected versions

v0.*

v0.1.0
v0.2.0
v0.2.1
v0.3.0
v0.3.1