Debian dla-3373 : libjson-smart-java - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 173721

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3373 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3373-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Bastien Roucaris March 30, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : json-smart Version : 2.2-2+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2021-31684 CVE-2023-1370 Debian Bug : 1033474

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Json-smart library.
Json-smart is a performance focused, JSON processor lib written in Java.

CVE-2021-31684

A vulnerability was discovered in the indexOf function of JSONParserByteArray in JSON Smart versions 1.3 and 2.4 which causes a denial of service (DOS) via for instance a crafted web request.

CVE-2023-1370

A stack overflow was found due to excessive recursion.
When reaching a ??[?? or ??{?? character in the JSON input, the code parses an array or an object respectively. It was discovered that the code does not have any limit to the nesting of such arrays or objects. Since the parsing of nested arrays and objects is done recursively, nesting too many of them can cause a stack exhaustion (stack overflow) and crash the software

For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 2.2-2+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your json-smart packages.

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

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the libjson-smart-java packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173721

File Name: debian_DLA-3373.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/31/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31684

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1370

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjson-smart-java

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: 3/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-31684, CVE-2023-1370

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