usn-6629-2
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
USN-6629-1 fixed vulnerabilities in UltraJSON. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that UltraJSON incorrectly handled certain input with a large amount of indentation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-45958)
Jake Miller discovered that UltraJSON incorrectly decoded certain characters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause key confusion and overwrite values in dictionaries. (CVE-2022-31116)
It was discovered that UltraJSON incorrectly handled an error when reallocating a buffer for string decoding. An attacker could possibly use this issue to corrupt memory. (CVE-2022-31117)
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"cves_map": {
"cves": [
{
"id": "CVE-2021-45958",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "python3-ujson",
"binary_version": "1.35-4ubuntu0.1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
"name": "ujson",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ujson@1.35-4ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.35-4ubuntu0.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1.35-3build1",
"1.35-3build2",
"1.35-4",
"1.35-4build1"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "USN-6629-1 fixed vulnerabilities in UltraJSON.\nThis update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that UltraJSON incorrectly handled certain input with\n a large amount of indentation. An attacker could possibly use this issue\n to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-45958)\n \n Jake Miller discovered that UltraJSON incorrectly decoded certain\n characters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause key\n confusion and overwrite values in dictionaries. (CVE-2022-31116)\n \n It was discovered that UltraJSON incorrectly handled an error when\n reallocating a buffer for string decoding. An attacker could possibly\n use this issue to corrupt memory. (CVE-2022-31117)\n",
"id": "USN-6629-2",
"modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:32Z",
"published": "2024-02-14T02:58:36Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6629-2"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45958"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "ujson vulnerability",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45958"
]
}
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