Denial of service in json-smart



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-1370
CWE-ID CWE-674
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 json-smart
Universal components / Libraries / Software for developers

Vendor netplex

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Uncontrolled Recursion

EUVDB-ID: #VU75044

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1370

CWE-ID: CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion when processing nested arrays and objects. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted JSON data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

json-smart: 2.2 - 2.4.8

CPE2.3 External links

https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/stack-exhaustion-in-json-smart-leads-to-denial-of-service-when-parsing-malformed-json-xray-427633/
https://github.com/netplex/json-smart-v2/commit/5b3205d051952d3100aa0db1535f6ba6226bd87a


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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