vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2016-4074: jq -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 6, 2016
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

The jv_dump_term function in jq 1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted JSON file. This issue has been fixed in jq 1.6_rc1-r0.

Solution

debian-upgrade-jq
Title
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