[GHSA-5crp-9r3c-p9vr] Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Newtonsoft.Json

[JamesNK]

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From the recently updated description:

The vulnerability described in this advisory was originally patched in version 13.0.1. However, version 13.0.1 contains a breaking bug that was fixed in version 13.0.2. Therefore, version 13.0.2 is the first usable version of Newtonsoft.Json that contains a patch for this vulnerability.

This bug - JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json#2708 - affects a small number of people. Anyone who is impacted by that bug can use 13.0.2. Newtonsoft 13.0.1 itself is NOT vulnerable.

Thousands of projects and apps are successfully using Newtonsoft.Json 13.0.1 today. Marking 13.0.1 as vulnerable will trigger analysis and tooling notifications to engineers that their app is using a vulnerable package. They will waste time updating to 13.0.2 when they don't have to.

Newtonsoft.Json is a popular library. This false flag will waste thousands of developer hours for no reason.

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