Input validation error in jwcrypto - CVE-2023-6681

 

Input validation error in jwcrypto - CVE-2023-6681

Published: December 26, 2023 / Updated: December 27, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU84778
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6681
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the p2c header. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

jwcrypto
SOAR QRadar Plugin App
QRadar Suite
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
openEuler
python3-jwcrypto
ipa-healthcheck-core
python3-pyusb
python3-yubico
python-jwcrypto
python-jwcrypto (Red Hat package)
ipa-python-compat
python3-ipalib
python3-ipaclient
ipa-selinux
ipa-common
ipa-client-common
ipa-client-samba
ipa-client-epn
ipa-client
python3-qrcode
python3-qrcode-core

How to mitigate CVE-2023-6681

Install updates from vendor's website.

jwcrypto - update to 1.5.1
QRadar Suite - update to 1.10.18.0
python3-jwcrypto - update to 0.5.0-2
ipa-healthcheck-core - update to 0.12-3
python3-pyusb - update to 1.0.0-9.1
python3-yubico - update to 1.3.2-9.1
python-jwcrypto - update to 1.4.2-2
python3-jwcrypto - update to 1.4.2-2
python-jwcrypto (Red Hat package) - update to 1.5.6-2.el9
ipa-python-compat - update to 4.9.13-9.0.1
python3-ipalib - update to 4.9.13-9.0.1
python3-ipaclient - update to 4.9.13-9.0.1
ipa-selinux - update to 4.9.13-9.0.1
ipa-common - update to 4.9.13-9.0.1
ipa-client-common - update to 4.9.13-9.0.1
ipa-client-samba - update to 4.9.13-9.0.1
ipa-client-epn - update to 4.9.13-9.0.1
ipa-client - update to 4.9.13-9.0.1
python3-qrcode - update to 5.1-12
python3-qrcode-core - update to 5.1-12
SOAR QRadar Plugin App - update to 5.4.0

External References

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