CVE-2016-5429 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

jose-php before 2.2.1 does not use constant-time operations for HMAC comparison, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a timing attack, related to JWE.php and JWS.php.

Published: 2016-09-03

Score: 3.7 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:jose-php_project:jose-php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6374	jose-php before 2.2.1 does not use constant-time operations for HMAC comparison, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a timing attack, related to JWE.php and JWS.php.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00325.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92743
https://github.com/nov/jose-php/commit/1cce55e27adf0274193eb1cd74b927a398a3df4b#diff-2a982d82ef0f673fd0ba2beba0e18420R138
https://github.com/nov/jose-php/commit/f03b986b4439e20b0fd635109b48afe96cf0099b#diff-37b0d289d6375ba4a7740401950ccdd6R287

History

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Subscriptions

Jose-php Project Jose-php

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-09-03T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:01:00.081Z

Reserved: 2016-06-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5429

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-03T20:59:06.250

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-5429

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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