cvelistv5 - cve-2021-29444

cve-2021-29444

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-04-16 21:45

Modified

2024-08-03 22:02

Severity ?

5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

Padding Oracle Attack due to Observable Timing Discrepancy in jose-browser-runtime

References

URL	Tags
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/panva/jose/security/advisories/GHSA-94hh-pjjg-rwmr	Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.com	https://www.npmjs.com/package/jose-browser-runtime	Product, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/panva/jose/security/advisories/GHSA-94hh-pjjg-rwmr	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.npmjs.com/package/jose-browser-runtime	Product, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

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panva

jose

Version: < 3.11.4

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cve-2021-29444

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

gsd-2021-29444

Vulnerability from gsd

ghsa-94hh-pjjg-rwmr

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