Debian DSA-5486-1 : json-c - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 180523

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5486 advisory.

An invalid memory access was discovered in json-c, a JSON library which could result in denial of service.
For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 0.15-2+deb11u1. 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

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

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

Solution

Upgrade the json-c packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 180523

File Name: debian_DSA-5486.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/6/2023

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-32292

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjson-c5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjson-c-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjson-c5-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjson-c-dev

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: 8/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-32292

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