Medium: json-c

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  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2020-12762

Mitre: CVE-2020-12762