openSUSE Security Update : python3-PyJWT (openSUSE-2017-1178)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104082

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for python3-PyJWT fixes the following vulnerability :

- CVE-2017-11424: Insufficient filtering of PEM encoding public keys allowed for creation of JWTs from scratch (boo#1054106, with duplicate CVE-2017-12880)

Solution

Update the affected python3-PyJWT package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1054106

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104082

File Name: openSUSE-2017-1178.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/23/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:novell:opensuse:python3-pyjwt, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11424, CVE-2017-12880