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