Kurz gesagt
- CVE-2017-16516 ist eine Schwachstelle (HOCH (CVSS 7.5)) in yajl-ruby, yajl-ruby (yajl-ruby project).
- Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Ausnutzung in den nächsten 30 Tagen (EPSS): 3.8%, höher als bei 90.0% aller Schwachstellen.
- Abhilfe: auf 1.3.1 oder neuer aktualisieren.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| yajl-ruby RubyGems | < 1.3.1
| 1.3.1
|
| yajl-ruby | = 1.3.0
| No fix yet |
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.
NVD 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.
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