5.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-6681
JWCrypto CPU Exhaustion Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 12, 2024, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 10, 2024, 2:32 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-6681 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems
4 Redhat enterprise_linux_for_arm_64
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Latchset jwcrypto
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-6681.

URL Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3267 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6681 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260843 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-6681 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 10, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3267 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3267 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6681 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6681 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260843 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260843 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:latchset:jwcrypto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.5.1
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm_64:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3267 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-400
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 12, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6681 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260843 [No types assigned]
    Added CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.01%

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0.21248

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