Cryptographic Issues Affecting json-c-devel package, versions <0:0.11-6.8.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.11% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-JSONCDEVEL-1677668
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed22 Apr 2014

Introduced: 22 Apr 2014

CVE-2013-6371  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-310  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 json-c-devel to version 0:0.11-6.8.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2014-416.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream json-c-devel package and not the json-c-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1