The _Rsa15 class in the RSA 1.5 algorithm implementation in jwa.py in jwcrypto before 0.3.2 lacks the Random Filling protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain cleartext data via a Million Message Attack (MMA).

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The _Rsa15 class in the RSA 1.5 algorithm implementation in jwa.py in jwcrypto before 0.3.2 lacks the     Random Filling protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain cleartext data     via a Million Message Attack (MMA). (CVE-2016-6298)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - The _Rsa15 class in the RSA 1.5 algorithm implementation in jwa.py in jwcrypto before 0.3.2 lacks the
    Random Filling protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain cleartext data
    via a Million Message Attack (MMA). (CVE-2016-6298)

Security fix for CVE-2016-6298

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New minor release of python-jwcrypto, with new features and bugfixes for regressions introduced after 0.2.1

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Security fix for CVE-2016-6298

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
254995	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-6298	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
432716	SCA: security update for jwcrypto (GHSA-wg33-x934-3ghh)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
432716	SCA: security update for jwcrypto (GHSA-wg33-x934-3ghh)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
94791	Fedora 25 : python-jwcrypto (2016-385de3ac17)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
93427	Fedora 24 : python-jwcrypto (2016-dcf5cad792)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
93422	Fedora 23 : python-jwcrypto (2016-7b4a60ae66)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium

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