Name
CVE-2017-16516
Description
In the yajl-ruby gem 1.3.0 for Ruby, when a crafted JSON file is supplied to Yajl::Parser.new.parse, the whole ruby process crashes with a SIGABRT in the yajl_string_decode function in yajl_encode.c. This results in the whole ruby process terminating and potentially a denial of service.
CWEs
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
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Advisories
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://rubygems.org/gems/yajl-rubyThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://rubygems.org/gems/yajl-rubyThird Party Advisory
Analysis#
Vulnerability Ratings#
7.5
CVSSv31
5
CVSSv2
Others affected components#
Resolved with patches#
yajl (yocto:master)
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Title
Author
Resolve
1
Fix for CVE-2017-16516
=?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20P=2E=20Berrang=C3=A9?= <berrange@redhat.com>
CVE-2017-16516
yajl (yocto:master)
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Title
Author
Resolve
1
Fix for CVE-2017-16516
=?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20P=2E=20Berrang=C3=A9?= <berrange@redhat.com>
CVE-2017-16516
yajl (yocto:scarthgap)
#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
Fix for CVE-2017-16516
=?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20P=2E=20Berrang=C3=A9?= <berrange@redhat.com>
CVE-2017-16516
yajl (yocto:scarthgap)
#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
Fix for CVE-2017-16516
=?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20P=2E=20Berrang=C3=A9?= <berrange@redhat.com>
CVE-2017-16516