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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841858
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2245-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'json-c' package(s) announced via the USN-2245-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'json-c' package(s) announced via the USN-2245-1 advisory.

Vulnerability 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 Software/OS:
'json-c' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 14.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

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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