Fedora EPEL 9 update for cjson



Published: 2024-04-07
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-50472
CWE-ID CWE-476
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU84771

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-50472

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the cJSON_SetValuestring() function in cJSON.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 9

cjson: before 1.7.17-1.el9

CPE2.3 External links

http://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2024-cda1e4035b


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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