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SUSE: CVE-2016-4074: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-4074: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
05/06/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/23/2017
Modified
02/05/2022

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(s)

  • suse-upgrade-jq
  • suse-upgrade-libjq-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libjq1

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:2950-1
  • CVE-2016-4074

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