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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7125-1
November 25, 2024

rapidjson vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 24.10
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

RapidJSON could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

• rapidjson: A fast JSON parser/generator for C++

Details:

It was discovered that RapidJSON incorrectly parsed numbers written in
scientific notation, leading to an integer underflow. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary
code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.10
rapidjson-dev 1.1.0+dfsg2-7.3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
rapidjson-dev 1.1.0+dfsg2-7.2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
rapidjson-dev 1.1.0+dfsg2-7ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
rapidjson-dev 1.1.0+dfsg2-5ubuntu1+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
rapidjson-dev 1.1.0+dfsg2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
rapidjson-dev 0.12~git20141031-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7125-1
CVE-2024-38517

Package Information:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rapidjson/1.1.0+dfsg2-7.3ubuntu0.1