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Fedora 22: 214117 Critical: python-jwt Token Verification Bypass

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A recent patch for python-jwt in Fedora 22 addresses serious security vulnerabilities, improving token validation to enhance protection against threats
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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora critical fix token bypass python-jwt

Change Log

* Wed Jun 17 2015 Ralph Bean - 1.3.0-1 - new version - start running the test suite. * Fri Mar 27 2015 Ralph Bean - 1.0.1-1 - new version * Thu Mar 19 2015 Ralph Bean - 1.0.0-1 - new version

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 .

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Name: python-jwt
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 1.3.0
Release: 1.fc22
URL: https://pypi.org/project/PyJWT/
Summary: JSON Web Token implementation in Python

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