17.04 and 17.10 are not affected since they publish the fixed version 0.3.2. 16.04 appears to be affected, but the code is significantly different. I've requested info from the source project owner to test my proposed patch for 16.04.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of FreeIPA, which is subscribed to python-jwcrypto in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1717356 Title: CVE-2016-6298 Status in python-jwcrypto package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug 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). https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu- security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-6298.html To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-jwcrypto/+bug/1717356/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~freeipa Post to : freeipa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~freeipa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
