Security Advisory

CVE-2016-6298

5.3
MEDIUM

Vulnerability Description

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).
Published Date September 1, 2016
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory