UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6401

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6401
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6401.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6401
Upstream
Published
2014-03-21T01:04:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:05Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / jansson

Package

Name
jansson
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/jansson@2.5-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.4-1
2.5-1
2.5-1ubuntu1
2.5-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libjansson-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libjansson4"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6401.json"