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Mageia: Fix for Important Denial of Service CVE-2025-40928 in perl-JSON-XS

mageia
Calendar Grey November 13, 2025
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Updated perl-JSON-XS packages address a security vulnerability in Mageia, enabling denial-of-service attacks.
MGASA-2025-0283 - Updated perl-JSON-XS packages fix security vulnerability

Summary

Description: JSON::XS before version 4.04 for Perl has an integer buffer overflow causing a segfault when parsing crafted JSON, enabling denial-of-service attacks or other unspecified impact. (CVE-2025-40928)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34628

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/08/2

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40928

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow important Mageia json-xs

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/perl-JSON-XS-4.30.0-5.1.mga9

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Publication date: 13 Nov 2025
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2025-0283.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2025-40928

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow important Mageia json-xs

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