SB2024101735 - Resource exhaustion in lestrrat-go/jwx
Published: October 17, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024101735
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49290)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability occurs when the p2c parameter is set too high in JWE's algorithm PBES2-*. A remote attacker can set the p2c parameter in JWE to a very large number, cause a lot of computational consumption, resulting in a denial of service
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.