Resource exhaustion in Latchset Jwcrypto
CVE-2023-6681
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 o…
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.009 (54.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
Affected products
- Latchset Jwcrypto
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 38, 39
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — versions 8100020240417004735.143e9e98, 8100020240416171943.823393f5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 — versions 0:1.5.6-2.el9
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_for_arm_64 — versions 8.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems — versions 8.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian — versions 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-6681?
- CVE-2023-6681 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Latchset Jwcrypto, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-02-12.
- How severe is CVE-2023-6681?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-6681 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.