#VU98776 Resource exhaustion in jwx - CVE-2023-49290
Published: October 17, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU98776
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49290
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
jwx
jwx
Software vendor:
lestrrat-go
lestrrat-go
Description
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 updates from vendor's website.