Bug#1053882: libjson-java: CVE-2023-5072

[Moritz Mühlenhoff]

Source: libjson-java
X-Debbugs-CC: team at security.debian.org
Severity: important
Tags: security

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libjson-java.

CVE-2023-5072[0]:
| Denial of Service  in JSON-Java versions up to and including
| 20230618.  A bug in the parser means that an input string of modest
| size can lead to indefinite amounts of memory being used.

https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java/issues/758
https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java/issues/771
https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java/pull/772/


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-2023-5072
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5072

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.