openSUSE Security Update : libjansson (openSUSE-SU-2014:0394-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75299

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

libjansson was updated to fix a hash table collission CPU usage denial of service issue, when an attacker can supply his own JSON file.

Solution

Update the affected libjansson packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=863301

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00057.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75299

File Name: openSUSE-2014-224.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libjansson-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libjansson-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libjansson4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libjansson4-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6401