Update to Jansson 2.9. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-cc7f19cb5b 2016-09-27 21:44:48.198692 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : jansson Product : Fedora 23 Version : 2.9 Release : 1.fc23 URL : https://github.com/akheron/jansson Summary : C library for encoding, decoding and manipulating JSON data Description : Small library for parsing and writing JSON documents. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Update to Jansson 2.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1332202 - CVE-2016-4425 jansson: stack exhaustion parsing a JSON file [epel-6] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332202 [ 2 ] Bug #1332201 - CVE-2016-4425 jansson: stack exhaustion parsing a JSON file [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332201 [ 3 ] Bug #1375710 - Rebase jansson + patch https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375710 [ 4 ] Bug #1150479 - jansson-2.9 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150479 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update jansson' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list --
Update to Jansson 2.9. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-59fda81436 2016-09-27 21:45:57.004118 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : jansson Product : Fedora 24 Version : 2.9 Release : 1.fc24 URL : https://github.com/akheron/jansson Summary : C library for encoding, decoding and manipulating JSON data Description : Small library for parsing and writing JSON documents. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Update to Jansson 2.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1332202 - CVE-2016-4425 jansson: stack exhaustion parsing a JSON file [epel-6] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332202 [ 2 ] Bug #1332201 - CVE-2016-4425 jansson: stack exhaustion parsing a JSON file [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332201 [ 3 ] Bug #1375710 - Rebase jansson + patch https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375710 [ 4 ] Bug #1150479 - jansson-2.9 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150479 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update jansson' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list --
Update to Jansson 2.9. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-72a6c79ee1 2016-09-27 00:29:22.122563 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : jansson Product : Fedora 25 Version : 2.9 Release : 1.fc25 URL : https://github.com/akheron/jansson Summary : C library for encoding, decoding and manipulating JSON data Description : Small library for parsing and writing JSON documents. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Update to Jansson 2.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1332202 - CVE-2016-4425 jansson: stack exhaustion parsing a JSON file [epel-6] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332202 [ 2 ] Bug #1332201 - CVE-2016-4425 jansson: stack exhaustion parsing a JSON file [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332201 [ 3 ] Bug #1375710 - Rebase jansson + patch https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375710 [ 4 ] Bug #1150479 - jansson-2.9 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150479 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update jansson' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list --
The package jansson before version 2.8-1 is vulnerable to denial of service. . Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201609-15 ========================================= Severity: Low Date : 2016-09-17 CVE-ID : CVE-2016-4425 Package : jansson Type : denial of service Remote : Yes Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE Summary ====== The package jansson before version 2.8-1 is vulnerable to denial of service. Resolution ========= Upgrade to 2.8-1. # pacman -Syu "jansson> =2.8-1" The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2.8. Workaround ========= None. Description ========== A stack-exhaustion vulnerability has been found in jansson, causing a crash while parsing a crafted JSON document. Impact ===== A remote attacker might cause a crash by submitting a specially crafted JSON file to an application using jansson, leading to denial of service. References ========= https://marc.info/;m=146219323703639&w=2 https://github.com/akheron/jansson/issues/282 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4425 . The Debian Security Advisory DSA-2021-12 highlights a medium severity vulnerability affecting the libyaml library.. Arch Linux,Jansson,Denial of Service,Low Severity,Software Update. . Severity: Low. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Gustavo Grieco discovered that jansson, a C library for encoding, decoding and manipulating JSON data, did not limit the recursion depth when parsing JSON arrays and objects. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via stack exhaustion, using crafted . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3577-1
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