Debian DSA-3979-1 : pyjwt - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 103331

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that PyJWT, a Python implementation of JSON Web Token performed insufficient validation of some public key types, which could allow a remote attacker to craft JWTs from scratch.

Solution

Upgrade the pyjwt packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.1-1+deb8u2.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.2-1+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103331

File Name: debian_DSA-3979.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/20/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pyjwt, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11424

DSA: 3979

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