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Debian: Security Advisory for json-c (DSA-4741-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

3 years ago

Modified

Modified

3 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'json-c' package(s) announced via the DSA-4741-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

Tobias Stoeckmann discovered an integer overflow in the json-c JSON library, which could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if large malformed JSON files are processed.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'json-c' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.1+ds-2+deb10u1. We recommend that you upgrade your json-c packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)