CVE-2016-4425

NameCVE-2016-4425
DescriptionJansson 2.7 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion, stack consumption, and crash) via crafted JSON data.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-471-1, DSA-3577-1
Debian Bugs823238

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
jansson (PTS)buster2.12-1fixed
bullseye2.13.1-1.1fixed
bookworm, sid2.14-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
janssonsourcewheezy2.3.1-2+deb7u1DLA-471-1
janssonsourcejessie2.7-1+deb8u1DSA-3577-1
janssonsource(unstable)2.7-5823238

Notes

https://github.com/akheron/jansson/issues/282
https://github.com/akheron/jansson/pull/284
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/5
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