CVE-2015-8863: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
(updated )
Off-by-one error in the tokenadd function in jv_parse.c in jq allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long JSON-encoded number, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00012.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00014.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1098.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1099.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1106.html
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/1
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/2
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802231
- github.com/stedolan/jq/commit/8eb1367ca44e772963e704a700ef72ae2e12babd
- github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/995
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8863
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-20
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