What is CVE-2016-5429?

CVE-2016-5429 is a low-severity vulnerability in Jose-Php Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2016-09-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-5429?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Jose-Php Project

CVE-2016-5429

jose-php before 2.2.1 does not use constant-time operations for HMAC comparison, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a timing attack, related to JWE.php and JWS.php.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.013 (68.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Jose-php_project Jose-php
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5429?: CVE-2016-5429 is a low-severity vulnerability in Jose-Php Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2016-09-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-5429?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.