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USN-4360-2: json-c regression json-c regression A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 19.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary USN-4360-1 introduced a regression in json-c. Software Description json-c – JSON manipulation library Details USN-4360-1 fixed a vulnerability in json-c. The security fix introduced a memory leak in some scenarios. This update reverts the security fix pending further investigation. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that json-c incorrectly handled certain JSON files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libjson-c4 – 0.13.1+dfsg-7ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 19.10 libjson-c4 – 0.13.1+dfsg-4ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libjson-c3 – 0.12.1-1.3ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libjson-c2 – 0.11-4ubuntu2.5 To update your system, please [ more… ]

USN-4360-3: json-c regression json-c regression A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary USN-4360-1 introduced a regression in json-c. Software Description json-c – JSON manipulation library Details USN-4360-1 fixed a vulnerability in json-c. The security fix introduced a memory leak in some scenarios. This update reverts the security fix pending further investigation. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that json-c incorrectly handled certain JSON files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM libjson-c2 – 0.11-3ubuntu1.2+esm2 libjson0 – 0.11-3ubuntu1.2+esm2 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM libjson0 – 0.9-1ubuntu1.3 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all [ more… ]