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Updated cJSON packages are available for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5:

openSUSE-SU-2024:0139-1: important: Security update for cJSON




openSUSE-SU-2024:0139-1: important: Security update for cJSON


openSUSE Security Update: Security update for cJSON
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2024:0139-1
Rating: important
References: #1218098 #1218099 #1223420
Cross-References: CVE-2023-50471 CVE-2023-50472 CVE-2024-31755

CVSS scores:
CVE-2023-50471 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2023-50472 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2024-31755 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5
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An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

This update for cJSON fixes the following issues:

- Update to 1.7.18:
* CVE-2024-31755: NULL pointer dereference via cJSON_SetValuestring()
(boo#1223420)
* Remove non-functional list handling of compiler flags
* Fix heap buffer overflow
* remove misused optimization flag -01
* Set free'd pointers to NULL whenever they are not reassigned
immediately after

- Update to version 1.7.17 (boo#1218098, CVE-2023-50472, boo#1218099,
CVE-2023-50471):
* Fix null reference in cJSON_SetValuestring (CVE-2023-50472).
* Fix null reference in cJSON_InsertItemInArray (CVE-2023-50471).

- Update to 1.7.16:
* Add an option for ENABLE_CJSON_VERSION_SO in CMakeLists.txt
* Add cmake_policy to CMakeLists.txt
* Add cJSON_SetBoolValue
* Add meson documentation
* Fix memory leak in merge_patch
* Fix conflicting target names 'uninstall'
* Bump cmake version to 3.0 and use new version syntax
* Print int without decimal places
* Fix 'cjson_utils-static' target not exist
* Add allocate check for replace_item_in_object
* Fix a null pointer crash in cJSON_ReplaceItemViaPointer

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2024-139=1

Package List:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

cJSON-devel-1.7.18-bp155.3.3.1
libcjson1-1.7.18-bp155.3.3.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-50471.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-50472.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-31755.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1218098
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1218099
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1223420