Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2020-1442
Advisory Release Date: 2020-06-26 22:51 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2020-07-01 00:01 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
json-c through 0.14 has an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write via a large JSON file, as demonstrated by printbuf_memappend. (CVE-2020-12762)
Affected Packages:
json-c
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update json-c to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
json-c-0.11-4.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
json-c-devel-0.11-4.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
json-c-debuginfo-0.11-4.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
i686:
json-c-0.11-4.amzn2.0.4.i686
json-c-devel-0.11-4.amzn2.0.4.i686
json-c-debuginfo-0.11-4.amzn2.0.4.i686
noarch:
json-c-doc-0.11-4.amzn2.0.4.noarch
src:
json-c-0.11-4.amzn2.0.4.src
x86_64:
json-c-0.11-4.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
json-c-devel-0.11-4.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
json-c-debuginfo-0.11-4.amzn2.0.4.x86_64