Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871185
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Update for json-c RHSA-2014:0703-01
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'json-c'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'json-c' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: JSON-C implements a reference counting object model that allows you to easily construct JSON objects in C, output them as JSON-formatted strings, and parse JSON-formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON objects. Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in the way the json-c library handled long strings in JSON documents. An attacker able to make an application using json-c parse excessively large JSON input could cause the application to crash. (CVE-2013-6370) A denial of service flaw was found in the implementation of hash arrays in json-c. An attacker could use this flaw to make an application using json-c consume an excessive amount of CPU time by providing a specially crafted JSON document that triggers multiple hash function collisions. To mitigate this issue, json-c now uses a different hash function and randomization to reduce the chance of an attacker successfully causing intentional collisions. (CVE-2013-6371) These issues were discovered by Florian Weimer of the Red Hat Product Security Team. All json-c users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. Affected Software/OS: json-c on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-6370 57791 http://secunia.com/advisories/57791 66720 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66720 FEDORA-2014-5006 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131845.html MDVSA-2014:079 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:079 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1032322 https://github.com/json-c/json-c/commit/64e36901a0614bf64a19bc3396469c66dcd0b015 jsonc-cve20136370-bo(92540) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92540 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-6371 66715 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66715 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1032311 jsonc-cve20136371-dos(92541) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92541
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