QID 357362

Date Published: 2024-04-02

QID 357362: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python-jwcrypto : ALAS2-2024-2506

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. (
( CVE-2023-6681)

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a securitybreach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.3 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.

Solution

Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS2-2024-2506 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.

Vendor References

ALAS2-2024-2506 - alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2506.html

CVEs related to QID 357362

CVE-2023-6681 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
ALAS2-2024-2506	amazon linux 2		alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2506.html

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