CVE-2017-16516

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-16516
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-03 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-134 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Yajl-ruby Project Yajl-ruby 1.3.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 3516-1] burp security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
SIGABRT - process aborted · Issue #176 · brianmario/yajl-ruby · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
yajl-ruby | RubyGems.org | your community gem host af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rubygems.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 3492-1] yajl security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1167-1] ruby-yajl security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199554 Ubuntu Security Notification for YAJL Vulnerabilities (USN-6233-1)
  • 200011 Ubuntu Security Notification for YAJL Vulnerabilities (USN-6233-2)
  • 6000034 Debian Security Update for burp (DLA 3516-1)

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