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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3293-1 (pyjwt - security update)

🗓️ 20 Jun 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (c) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.netType 
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3293-1 (pyjwt - security update) affecting python-jwt and python3-jwt packages. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to trick applications into accepting arbitrary tokens

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_3293.nasl 6609 2017-07-07 12:05:59Z cfischer $
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 3293-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
#
# Author:
# Greenbone Networks
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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#
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#


if(description)
{
    script_id(703293);
    script_version("$Revision: 6609 $");
    
    script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 3293-1 (pyjwt - security update)");
    script_tag(name: "last_modification", value: "$Date: 2017-07-07 14:05:59 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
    script_tag(name: "creation_date", value: "2015-06-20 00:00:00 +0200 (Sat, 20 Jun 2015)");
    script_tag(name: "cvss_base", value: "10.0");
    script_tag(name: "cvss_base_vector", value: "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
    script_tag(name: "solution_type", value: "VendorFix");
    script_tag(name: "qod_type", value: "package");

    script_xref(name: "URL", value: "http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3293.html");


    script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

    script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
    script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
    script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
    script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
    script_tag(name: "affected",  value: "pyjwt on Debian Linux");
    script_tag(name: "solution",  value: "For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.2.1-1+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your pyjwt packages.");
    script_tag(name: "summary",   value: "Tim McLean discovered that pyjwt, a Python implementation of JSON Web
Token, would try to verify an HMAC signature using an RSA or ECDSA public
key as secret. This could allow remote attackers to trick applications
expecting tokens signed with asymmetric keys, into accepting arbitrary
tokens. For more information see: https://auth0.com/blog/2015/03/31/critical-vulnerabilities-in-json-web-token-libraries/ 
.");
    script_tag(name: "vuldetect", value: "This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.");
    exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python-jwt", ver:"0.2.1-1+deb8u1", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python3-jwt", ver:"0.2.1-1+deb8u1", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}

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