Bug 2235514 (CVE-2021-32292)

Summary:	CVE-2021-32292 json-c: stack-buffer-overflow in parseit() in json_parse.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Chess Hazlett <chazlett>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	fhrdina, tkorbar
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	json-c 0.16-20220414	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the parseit() function in json_parse.c., a test app in the json-c library. The code error does not affect the library itself.	Story Points:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	2235515, 2235516, 2235517, 2235518, 2236135, 2236136, 2236137
Bug Blocks:	2235500

Description Chess Hazlett 2023-08-28 22:09:06 UTC

An issue was discovered in json-c through 0.15-20200726. A stack-buffer-overflow exists in the function parseit located in json_parse.c. It allows an attacker to cause code Execution.

https://github.com/json-c/json-c/issues/654

Comment 2 TEJ RATHI 2023-08-29 07:31:24 UTC

Upstream Commit:
https://github.com/json-c/json-c/commit/4e9e44e5258dee7654f74948b0dd5da39c28beec

Comment 3 TEJ RATHI 2023-08-30 12:28:39 UTC

Created json-c tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-37 [bug 2236136]
Affects: fedora-38 [bug 2236137]


Created json-c12 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 2236135]