CVE - CVE-2015-8863

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-8863	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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
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CONFIRM:https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802231 CONFIRM:https://github.com/stedolan/jq/commit/8eb1367ca44e772963e704a700ef72ae2e12babd CONFIRM:https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/995 GENTOO:GLSA-201612-20 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-20 MLIST:[oss-security] 20160423 CVE Request: jq: heap buffer overflow in tokenadd() function URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/1 MLIST:[oss-security] 20160423 Re: CVE Request: jq: heap buffer overflow in tokenadd() function URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/2 REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1098 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1098.html REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1099 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1099.html REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1106 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1106.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:1212 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00012.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:1214 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00014.html
Assigning CNA
Debian GNU/Linux
Date Record Created
20160423	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20160423)
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