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Medium ALSA-2023:6551 1 CVE

Moderate: yajl security update

Published Nov 7, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

Yet Another JSON Library (YAJL) is a small event-driven (SAX-style) JSON parser written in ANSI C, and a small validating JSON generator.

Security Fix(es):

* yajl: Memory leak in yajl_tree_parse function (CVE-2023-33460)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 yajl 2.1.0-22.el9
AlmaLinux · 9 yajl-devel 2.1.0-22.el9

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-33460
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2221249
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6551.html