ALAS2023-2023-232


Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-232
Advisory Release Date: 2023-06-21 19:11 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-06-27 20:57 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

A flaw was found in json-c. In printbuf_memappend, certain crafted values can overflow the memory allowing an attacker to write past the memory boundary. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. (CVE-2020-12762)


Affected Packages:

json-c


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update json-c --releasever 2023.1.20230628 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    json-c-debugsource-0.14-8.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    json-c-0.14-8.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    json-c-devel-0.14-8.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    json-c-debuginfo-0.14-8.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64

noarch:
    json-c-doc-0.14-8.amzn2023.0.2.noarch

src:
    json-c-0.14-8.amzn2023.0.2.src

x86_64:
    json-c-debugsource-0.14-8.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    json-c-debuginfo-0.14-8.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    json-c-0.14-8.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    json-c-devel-0.14-8.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64