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CENTOS: 2023:0728-1 Critical: rubygem-json Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey April 9, 2013
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SUSE Security Announcement for rubygem-json_pure addresses significant Denial of Service vulnerability. Ensure that your systems are updated swiftly.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

The json_pure Ruby Gem has been updated to fix a Denial of Service and Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability in JSON (CVE-2013-0269) * Entity expansion DoS vulnerability in REXML (XML bomb) Security Issues: * CVE-2013-0269 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - WebYaST 1.3: zypper in -t patch slewyst13-rubygem-json_pure-7527 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch sdksp2-rubygem-json_pure-7527 - SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.3: zypper in -t patch sleslms13-rubygem-json_pure-7527 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List:

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References

#803342

Cross- CVE-2013-0269

Affected Products:

WebYaST 1.3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2

SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0269.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:0609-2
Rating: important

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