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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-10249
2015-06-20 13:38:05
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Name        : python-jwt
Product     : Fedora 21
Version     : 1.3.0
Release     : 1.fc21
URL         : https://pypi.org/project/PyJWT/
Summary     : JSON Web Token implementation in Python
Description :
A Python implementation of JSON Web Token draft 01. This library provides a
means of representing signed content using JSON data structures, including
claims to be transferred between two parties encoded as digitally signed and
encrypted JSON objects.

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Update Information:

Latest upstream with security fix for https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/3  https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/commit/88a9fc56bdc6c870aa6af93bda401414a217db2a
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1231173 - python-jwt: token verification bypass with "none" algorithm
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231173
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use
su -c 'yum update python-jwt' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 21: python-jwt Security Update

June 30, 2015
Latest upstream with security fix for https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/3 https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/commit/88a9fc56bdc6c870aa6af93bda401414a217db2a

Summary

A Python implementation of JSON Web Token draft 01. This library provides a

means of representing signed content using JSON data structures, including

claims to be transferred between two parties encoded as digitally signed and

encrypted JSON objects.

Update Information:

Latest upstream with security fix for https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/3 https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/commit/88a9fc56bdc6c870aa6af93bda401414a217db2a

Change Log

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1231173 - python-jwt: token verification bypass with "none" algorithm https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231173

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update python-jwt' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : python-jwt
Product : Fedora 21
Version : 1.3.0
Release : 1.fc21
URL : https://pypi.org/project/PyJWT/
Summary : JSON Web Token implementation in Python

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