SB2024021412 - Ubuntu update for ujson

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-45958)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Buffer_AppendIndentUnchecked. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.

2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31116)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when decoding untrusted input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

3) Double Free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31117)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when decoding untrusted input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger double free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6629-1