Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Florian Weimer discovered that json-c incorrectly handled buffer lengths. An attacker could use this issue with a specially-crafted large JSON document to cause json-c to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2013-6370)
Florian Weimer discovered that json-c incorrectly handled hash arrays. An attacker could use this issue with a specially-crafted JSON document to cause json-c to consume CPU resources, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2013-6371)
Affected
json-c on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 13.10 ,
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2013-6370, CVE-2013-6371 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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