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CVE-2013-6401 Detail

Current Description

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  03/20/2014
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Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0


Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/12099
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00057.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035538
https://github.com/akheron/jansson/commit/8f80c2d83808150724d31793e6ade92749b1faa4

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-6401
NVD Published Date:
03/20/2014
NVD Last Modified:
05/23/2014