GHSA-WWH7-4JW9-33X6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2017-11-28 22:44 – Updated: 2023-08-29 16:04
VLAI?
Summary
yajl-ruby gem Denial of Service vulnerability
Details

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.

Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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        "name": "yajl-ruby"
      },
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            },
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-16516"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-134"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T22:01:25Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-11-03T15:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-wwh7-4jw9-33x6",
  "modified": "2023-08-29T16:04:20Z",
  "published": "2017-11-28T22:44:42Z",
  "references": [
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    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/issues/176"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00010.html"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00013.html"
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      "type": "WEB",
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "yajl-ruby gem Denial of Service vulnerability"
}


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