UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42836

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-42836
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42836.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42836
Upstream
Published
2021-10-22T18:15:00Z
Modified
2026-01-20T17:16:26.978958Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

GJSON before 1.9.3 allows a ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) attack.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
golang-github-tidwall-gjson

Package

Name
golang-github-tidwall-gjson
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-github-tidwall-gjson@1.1.5-2?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.1.5-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-github-tidwall-gjson-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.1.5-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42836.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
golang-github-tidwall-gjson

Package

Name
golang-github-tidwall-gjson
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-github-tidwall-gjson@1.6.7-1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.6.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-github-tidwall-gjson-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.6.7-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42836.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
golang-github-tidwall-gjson

Package

Name
golang-github-tidwall-gjson
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-github-tidwall-gjson@1.17.1-1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.14.4-2
1.17.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-github-tidwall-gjson-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.17.1-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42836.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
golang-github-tidwall-gjson

Package

Name
golang-github-tidwall-gjson
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-github-tidwall-gjson@1.17.1-1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.17.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-github-tidwall-gjson-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.17.1-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42836.json"