CVE-2023-33460 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2023-33460: There's a memory leak in yajl 2.1.0 with use of yajl_tree_parse function. which will cause out-of-memory in server and cause crash.

Affects 7 Linux releases across 8 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2023-33460 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

yajl→ fixed in2.1.0-3+deb11u2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y yajl
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

yajl→ fixed in2.1.0-3+deb12u2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y yajl
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

r-cran-jsonlite→ fixed in1.8.8+dfsg-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y r-cran-jsonlite
```
yajl→ fixed in2.1.0-5urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y yajl
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

yajl→ fixed in2.1.0-r9
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade yajl
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

yajl→ fixed in2.1.0-r9
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade yajl
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

yajl→ fixed in2.1.0-r9
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade yajl
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

yajl→ fixed in2.1.0-r9
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade yajl
```

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