glsa-202408-08.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202408-08">
    <title>json-c: Buffer Overflow</title>
    <synopsis>A vulnerability has been discovered in json-c, which can lead to a stack buffer overflow.</synopsis>
    <product type="ebuild">json-c</product>
    <announced>2024-08-07</announced>
    <revised count="1">2024-08-07</revised>
    <bug>918555</bug>
    <access>remote</access>
    <affected>
        <package name="dev-libs/json-c" auto="yes" arch="*">
            <unaffected range="ge">0.16</unaffected>
            <vulnerable range="lt">0.16</vulnerable>
        </package>
    </affected>
    <background>
        <p>json-c is a JSON implementation in C.</p>
    </background>
    <description>
        <p>Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.</p>
    </description>
    <impact type="normal">
        <p>A stack-buffer-overflow exists in the auxiliary sample program json_parse which is located in the function parseit.</p>
    </impact>
    <workaround>
        <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
    </workaround>
    <resolution>
        <p>All json-c users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
        
        <code>
          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/json-c-0.16"
        </code>
    </resolution>
    <references>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32292">CVE-2021-32292</uri>
    </references>
    <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2024-08-07T11:00:32.063764Z">graaff</metadata>
    <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2024-08-07T11:00:32.067004Z">graaff</metadata>
</glsa>