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