CVE-2013-6371

N/A Unknown

Published: April 22, 2014 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

The hash functionality in json-c before 0.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted JSON data, involving collisions.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131845.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/57791

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Permissions Required Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:079

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66715

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1032311

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue Tracking

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92541

Source: secalert@redhat.com

VDB Entry

https://github.com/json-c/json-c/commit/64e36901a0614bf64a19bc3396469c66dcd0b015

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue Tracking Patch

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131845.html