MGASA-2016-0198

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    MGASA-2016-0198

    Published: 21 May 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-4425

    Summary: Updated jansson packages fix CVE-2016-4425

    Details: Updated jansson packages fix security vulnerability: Gustavo Grieco discovered that jansson did not limit the recursion depth when parsing JSON arrays and objects. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via stack exhaustion, using crafted JSON data (CVE-2016-4425).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0198.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18326, https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3577

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: jansson

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/jansson?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.4-4.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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