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Alma Linux: CVE-2023-6681: Moderate: python-jwcrypto security update (ALSA-2024-9281)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2023-6681: Moderate: python-jwcrypto security update (ALSA-2024-9281)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/12/2024
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/19/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-python3-jwcrypto

References

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