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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2021-4382 Moderate: json-c Security Issue

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Calendar Grey November 9, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A moderate security notice is issued regarding the json-c update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, tackling a critical security concern.
An update for json-c is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

JSON-C implements a reference counting object model that allows users to easily construct JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) objects in C, output them as JSON formatted strings, and parse JSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON objects.
Security Fix(es):
* json-c: integer overflow and out-of-bounds write via a large JSON file (CVE-2020-12762)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue Red Hat Enterprise Linux json-c

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12762 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.5_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
aarch64: json-c-debuginfo-0.13.1-2.el8.aarch64.rpm json-c-debugsource-0.13.1-2.el8.aarch64.rpm json-c-devel-0.13.1-2.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: json-c-debuginfo-0.13.1-2.el8.ppc64le.rpm json-c-debugsource-0.13.1-2.el8.ppc64le.rpm json-c-devel-0.13.1-2.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: json-c-debuginfo-0.13.1-2.el8.s390x.rpm json-c-debugsource-0.13.1-2.el8.s390x.rpm json-c-devel-0.13.1-2.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: json-c-debuginfo-0.13.1-2.el8.i686.rpm json-c-debuginfo-0.13.1-2.el8.x86_64.rpm json-c-debugsource-0.13.1-2.el8.i686.rpm json-c-debugsource-0.13.1-2.el8.x86_64.rpm json-c-devel-0.13.1-2.el8.i686.rpm json-c-devel-0.13.1-2.el8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source: json-c-0.13.1-2.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: json-c-0.13.1-2.el8.aarch64.rpm json-c-debuginfo-0.13.1-2.el8.aarch64.rpm json-c-debugsource-0.13.1-2.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: json-c-0.13.1-2.el8.ppc64le.rpm json-c-debuginfo-0.13.1-2.el8.ppc64le.rpm json-c-debugsource-0.13.1-2.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: json-c-0.13.1-2.el8.s390x.rpm json-c-debuginfo-0.13.1-2.el8.s390x.rpm json-c-debugsource-0.13.1-2.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: json-c-0.13.1-2.el8.i686.rpm json-c-0.13.1-2.el8.x86_64.rpm json-c-debuginfo-0.13.1-2.el8.i686.rpm json-c-debuginfo-0.13.1-2.el8.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:4382-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4382
Issue date: 2021-11-09

Topic

An update for json-c is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue Red Hat Enterprise Linux json-c

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1835253 - CVE-2020-12762 json-c: integer overflow and out-of-bounds write via a large JSON file

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