Debian DLA-2301-1 : json-c security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 139209

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Tobias Stoeckmann found an integer overflow issue in JSON-C, a C library to manipulate JSON objects, when reading maliciously crafted large files. The issue could be exploited to cause denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.1-1.1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your json-c packages.

For the detailed security status of json-c please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/json-c

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139209

File Name: debian_DLA-2301.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/31/2020

Updated: 2/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12762

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjson-c-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjson-c-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjson-c3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12762

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