PT-2017-9075 · Jwt · Jwt

Dennis Detering · Published 2017-01-23 · Updated 2017-02-01 · CVE-2016-7037

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions jwt versions prior to 1.0.3

Description The issue concerns a timing attack that can be used to spoof signatures. This is due to the verify function in Encryption/Symmetric.php not utilizing a timing-safe function for hash comparison, allowing attackers to exploit this weakness.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.3, update to version 1.0.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-361

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-7037

Affected Products

Jwt

References · 5

• https://github.com/emarref/jwt/releases/tag/1.0.3 · Patch
• https://github.com/emarref/jwt/pull/20 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7037 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/95847 · Note