Upstream information

CVE-2016-4303 at MITRE

Description

The parse_string function in cjson.c in the cJSON library mishandles UTF8/16 strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a non-hex character in a JSON string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 984453 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2016:2113-1 openSUSE-SU-2016:2121-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Package Hub 12
  • iperf >= 3.1.3-6.1
  • iperf-devel >= 3.1.3-6.1
  • libiperf0 >= 3.1.3-6.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2016-1006
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • iperf >= 3.1.3-1.3
  • iperf-devel >= 3.1.3-1.3
  • libiperf0 >= 3.1.3-1.3
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Tumbleweed GA iperf-3.1.3-1.3

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 iperf Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 iperf Already fixed
SUSE Package Hub 12 iperf Released
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 iperf Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 iperf Already fixed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 iperf Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 iperf Already fixed

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 10 11:00:07 2016
CVE page last modified: Fri Apr 12 11:19:40 2024