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Gentoo: GLSA-202006-13 Normal: json-c Denial of Service Risk

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Calendar Grey June 15, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities identified in json-c may result in Denial of Service. Consult Gentoo's instructions to address these problems.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in json-c, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in json-c. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue gentoo software update normal severity json-c

Resolution

All json-c users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/json-c-0.14-r3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-12762 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12762

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-13
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: json-c: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 15, 2020
Bugs: #722150
ID: 202006-13

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue gentoo software update normal severity json-c

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in json-c, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

json-c is a JSON implementation in C.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/json-c < 0.14-r3 >= 0.14-r3

Impact

===== A remote/local attacker could send a specially crafted file possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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