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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : json-c vulnerabilities (USN-2245-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 74509

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2245-1 advisory.

 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2245-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 74509

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2245-1.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 8/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2013-6371

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjson0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjson0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjson-c2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjson-c-dev

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6370, CVE-2013-6371

BID: 66715, 66720

USN: 2245-1