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Alpine: multiple py3-jwcrypto packages: security update to 1.5.1-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 426964

Description

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

 - 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.
 (CVE-2023-6681)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-6681

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 426964

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Published: 5/16/2025

Updated: 12/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6681

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/28/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-6681