Denial of Service,
Applications that allow the use of the PBKDF2 algorithm.
A patch is available that sets the maximum number of default rounds.
Applications that do not need to use PBKDF2 should simply specify the algorithms use and exclude it from the list.
Applications that need to use the algorithm should upgrade to the new version that allows to set a maximum rounds number.
The issues was reported by Jingcheng Yang and Jianjun Chen from Sichuan University
and Zhongguancun Lab
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3267
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6681
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260843
github.com/latchset/jwcrypto
github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/commit/d2655d370586cb830e49acfb450f87598da60be8
github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/security/advisories/GHSA-cw2r-4p82-qv79
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6681