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Ubuntu: USN-6179-1 Moderate: Jettison Denial Of Service Risk

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Calendar Grey June 20, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ensure your Ubuntu installations are up-to-date to address the vulnerabilities identified with Jettison, safeguarding against crashes triggered by specially crafted files.
Jettison could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Jettison could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted

file.

Software Description:

- libjettison-java: A Java library for converting XML to JSON and vice-versa

Details:

It was discovered that Jettison incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a

user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted

input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a

denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu crash issue libjettison-java

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 23.04:
   libjettison-java                1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.10:
   libjettison-java                1.4.1-1ubuntu0.22.10.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   libjettison-java                1.4.1-1ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   libjettison-java                1.4.0-1ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   libjettison-java                1.4.0-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   libjettison-java                1.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6179-1

CVE-2023-1436

June 20, 2023

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu crash issue libjettison-java

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libjettison-java/1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libjettison-java/1.4.1-1ubuntu0.22.10.2

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