SB2016051705 - Input validation error in www.digip jansson
Published: May 17, 2016 Updated: August 3, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016051705
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4425)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Jansson 2.7 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion, stack consumption, and crash) via crafted JSON data.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3577
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/3
- https://github.com/akheron/jansson/issues/282
- https://github.com/akheron/jansson/pull/284
- https://github.com/akheron/jansson/pull/284/commits/64ce0ad3731ebd77e02897b07920eadd0e2cc318