openSUSE Security Update: libjansson: fixed denial of service problem in hash table ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2014:0394-1 Rating: moderate References: #863301 Cross-References: CVE-2013-6401 Affected Products: openSUSE 13.1 openSUSE 12.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: libjansson was updated to fix a hash table collission CPU usage denial of service issue, when an attacker can supply his own JSON file. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 13.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-224 - openSUSE 12.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-224 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64): libjansson-debugsource-2.3.1-7.4.1 libjansson-devel-2.3.1-7.4.1 libjansson4-2.3.1-7.4.1 libjansson4-debuginfo-2.3.1-7.4.1 - openSUSE 12.3 (i586 x86_64): libjansson-debugsource-2.3.1-5.4.1 libjansson-devel-2.3.1-5.4.1 libjansson4-2.3.1-5.4.1 libjansson4-debuginfo-2.3.1-5.4.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6401.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/863301