CVE-2013-6401 — Jansson vulnerability

CWE-3108 documents6 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 43.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Jansson Project JanssonDebian Jansson
Timeline
PublishedMar 21
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Jansson, possibly 2.4 and earlier, does not restrict the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted JSON document.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/jansson< jansson 2.6-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianjansson_project/jansson< 2.6-1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-qjq9-rwgx-jjhc: Jansson, possibly 2↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2013-6401: Jansson, possibly 2↗2014-03-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
jansson: hash table collisions CPU usage DoS↗2014-02-12
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Debian
CVE-2013-6401: jansson - Jansson, possibly 2.4 and earlier, does not restrict the ability to trigger hash...↗2013
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-6401 jansson: hash table collisions CPU usage DoS [fedora-all]↗2014-02-11
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-6401 jansson: hash table collisions CPU usage DoS [epel-6]↗2014-02-11
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-6401 jansson: hash table collisions CPU usage DoS↗2013-11-28
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