UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6298

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6298
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6298.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6298
Upstream
Published
2016-09-01T23:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:43:35Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / python-jwcrypto

Package

Name
python-jwcrypto
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-jwcrypto@0.2.1-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.2.1-1