SB2014042201 - Cryptographic issues in json-c
Published: April 22, 2014 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014042201
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cryptographic issues (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6371)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The hash functionality in json-c before 0.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted JSON data, involving collisions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131845.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57791
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:079
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66715
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1032311
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92541
- https://github.com/json-c/json-c/commit/64e36901a0614bf64a19bc3396469c66dcd0b015