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CVE-2013-6401

Published: Mar 21, 2014 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
5 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6401
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/310.html

Jansson, possibly 2.4 and earlier, does not restrict the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted JSON document.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
JanssonJansson_project*2.4 (including)
JanssonJansson_project2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
JanssonJansson_project2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
JanssonJansson_project2.1 (including)2.1 (including)
JanssonJansson_project2.2 (including)2.2 (including)
JanssonJansson_project2.2.1 (including)2.2.1 (including)
JanssonJansson_project2.3 (including)2.3 (including)
JanssonJansson_project2.3.1 (including)2.3.1 (including)
JanssonUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
JanssonUbuntuprecise*
JanssonUbuntuquantal*
JanssonUbuntusaucy*
JanssonUbuntutrusty*
JanssonUbuntutrusty/esm*
JanssonUbuntuupstream*

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