openEuler update for json-smart

Published: 2025-04-03

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-57699 CVE-2023-1370
CWE-ID	CWE-399 CWE-674
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	openEuler Operating systems & Components / Operating system json-smart-javadoc Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component json-smart Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	openEuler

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU106926

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-57699

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when handling a specially crafted JSON input. A remote attacker can pass a large number of ’{’ characters to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU75044 (CVE-2023-1370).

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 20.03 LTS SP4 - 24.03 LTS

json-smart-javadoc: before 2.5.2-1

json-smart: before 2.5.2-1

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2025-1164

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.

2) Uncontrolled Recursion

EUVDB-ID: #VU75044