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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RHSA-2022:8252-01 Moderate: Yajl Heap Overflow

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Calendar Grey November 15, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical yajl security enhancement released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Fix memory overflow and bolster defenses.
An update for yajl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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

Yet Another JSON Library (YAJL) is a small event-driven (SAX-style) JSON parser written in ANSI C, and a small validating JSON generator.
Security Fix(es):
* yajl: heap-based buffer overflow when handling large inputs due to an integer overflow (CVE-2022-24795)
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 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate threat heap overflow yajl

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-24795 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.1_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):
Source: yajl-2.1.0-21.el9.src.rpm
aarch64: yajl-2.1.0-21.el9.aarch64.rpm yajl-debuginfo-2.1.0-21.el9.aarch64.rpm yajl-debugsource-2.1.0-21.el9.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: yajl-2.1.0-21.el9.ppc64le.rpm yajl-debuginfo-2.1.0-21.el9.ppc64le.rpm yajl-debugsource-2.1.0-21.el9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: yajl-2.1.0-21.el9.s390x.rpm yajl-debuginfo-2.1.0-21.el9.s390x.rpm yajl-debugsource-2.1.0-21.el9.s390x.rpm
x86_64: yajl-2.1.0-21.el9.i686.rpm yajl-2.1.0-21.el9.x86_64.rpm yajl-debuginfo-2.1.0-21.el9.i686.rpm yajl-debuginfo-2.1.0-21.el9.x86_64.rpm yajl-debugsource-2.1.0-21.el9.i686.rpm yajl-debugsource-2.1.0-21.el9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9):
aarch64: yajl-debuginfo-2.1.0-21.el9.aarch64.rpm yajl-debugsource-2.1.0-21.el9.aarch64.rpm yajl-devel-2.1.0-21.el9.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: yajl-debuginfo-2.1.0-21.el9.ppc64le.rpm yajl-debugsource-2.1.0-21.el9.ppc64le.rpm yajl-devel-2.1.0-21.el9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: yajl-debuginfo-2.1.0-21.el9.s390x.rpm yajl-debugsource-2.1.0-21.el9.s390x.rpm yajl-devel-2.1.0-21.el9.s390x.rpm
x86_64: yajl-debuginfo-2.1.0-21.el9.i686.rpm yajl-debuginfo-2.1.0-21.el9.x86_64.rpm yajl-debugsource-2.1.0-21.el9.i686.rpm yajl-debugsource-2.1.0-21.el9.x86_64.rpm yajl-devel-2.1.0-21.el9.i686.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:8252-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8252
Issue date: 2022-11-15

Topic

An update for yajl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate threat heap overflow yajl

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2072912 - CVE-2022-24795 yajl: heap-based buffer overflow when handling large inputs due to an integer overflow

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