vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2017-16516: ruby-yajl, yajl -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Nov 3, 2017 | Feb 25, 2019 | Aug 15, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 3, 2017
Added
Feb 25, 2019
Modified
Aug 15, 2025
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.
Solutions
debian-upgrade-ruby-yajldebian-upgrade-yajlno-fix-debian-deb-package
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