vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2015-8863: Security patch for jq (ALAS-2016-705)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | 2016-05-06 | 2017-07-01 | 2018-02-02 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2016-05-06
Added
2017-07-01
Modified
2018-02-02
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.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-jq
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