CVE - CVE-2017-16516

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-16516	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/issues/176 MISC:https://rubygems.org/gems/yajl-ruby MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20171108 [SECURITY] [DLA 1167-1] ruby-yajl security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00010.html MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20230711 [SECURITY] [DLA 3492-1] yajl security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00013.html MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20230805 [SECURITY] [DLA 3516-1] burp security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00003.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20171103	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.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20171103)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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