SB2016092029 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for jansson
Published: September 20, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016092029
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) 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.