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

critical Nessus Plugin ID 180523

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 issue was discovered in json-c through 0.15-20200726. A stack-buffer-overflow exists in the function parseit located in json_parse.c. It allows an attacker to cause code Execution. (CVE-2021-32292)

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.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/json-c

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5486

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-32292

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/json-c

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 180523

File Name: debian_DSA-5486.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/6/2023

Updated: 9/25/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjson-c-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjson-c-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjson-c5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjson-c5-udeb, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0

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