Bug#1022554: libjettison-java: CVE-2022-40149

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libjettison-java
Version: 1.4.1-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libjettison-java. It is
fixed upstream in 1.5.1.

CVE-2022-40149[0]:
| Those using Jettison to parse untrusted XML or JSON data may be
| vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the parser is
| running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that
| causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow. This effect may support a
| denial of service attack.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-40149
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40149
[1] https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=46538
[2] https://github.com/jettison-json/jettison/issues/45
[3] https://github.com/jettison-json/jettison/commit/395f8625bcf688743872c8e7f59360d372e77811

Regards,
Salvatore