| Name | CVE-2016-4425 |
| Description | Jansson 2.7 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion, stack consumption, and crash) via crafted JSON data. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-471-1, DSA-3577-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 823238 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| jansson (PTS) | bullseye | 2.13.1-1.1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 2.14-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jansson | source | wheezy | 2.3.1-2+deb7u1 | DLA-471-1 | ||
| jansson | source | jessie | 2.7-1+deb8u1 | DSA-3577-1 | ||
| jansson | source | (unstable) | 2.7-5 | 823238 |
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