CVE - CVE-2013-6401

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-6401	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:[oss-security] 20140211 CVE-2013-6401 Jansson hash collision issue URL:http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/12099 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035538 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035538 MISC:https://github.com/akheron/jansson/commit/8f80c2d83808150724d31793e6ade92749b1faa4 URL:https://github.com/akheron/jansson/commit/8f80c2d83808150724d31793e6ade92749b1faa4 MISC:openSUSE-SU-2014:0394 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00057.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20131104	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20131104)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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