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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: USN-6705-1 Critical: JSON Processing Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey March 12, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Explore the recent Gson flaw impacting various Ubuntu releases and learn effective strategies to curb denial of service threats through timely updates.
Gson could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

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

file.

Software Description:

- libgoogle-gson-java: A Java serialization/deserialization library to convert

Java Objects into JSON and back

Details:

It was discovered that Gson incorrectly handled deserialization of untrusted

input data. 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 critical Ubuntu libgoogle-gson-java Gson

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   libgoogle-gson-java             2.8.8-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   libgoogle-gson-java             2.8.5-3+deb10u1build0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   libgoogle-gson-java             2.8.5-3~18.04.1~esm1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   libgoogle-gson-java             2.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

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

References

CVE-2022-25647

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6692-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu libgoogle-gson-java Gson

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgoogle-gson-java/2.8.8-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgoogle-gson-java/2.8.5-3+deb10u1build0.20.04.1

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