CVE-2017-16516
First published: Fri Nov 03 2017(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Yajl-ruby Project Yajl-ruby | =1.3.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =7.0 | |
| rubygems/yajl-ruby | <1.3.1 | 1.3.1 |
| ubuntu/ruby-yajl | <1.2.0-3.1 | 1.2.0-3.1 |
| ubuntu/yajl | <2.1.0-3+ | 2.1.0-3+ |
| ubuntu/yajl | <2.0.4-4ubuntu0.1~ | 2.0.4-4ubuntu0.1~ |
| ubuntu/yajl | <2.1.0-3ubuntu0.22.04.1 | 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.22.04.1 |
| ubuntu/yajl | <2.1.0-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~ | 2.1.0-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~ |
| ubuntu/yajl | <2.1.0-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~ | 2.1.0-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~ |
| ubuntu/yajl | <2.1.0-3ubuntu0.20.04.1 | 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
| ubuntu/yajl | <2.1.0-3ubuntu0.23.04.1 | 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.23.04.1 |
| debian/burp | <=2.1.32-2<=2.2.18-8<=3.1.4-1<=3.1.4-3.1 | 2.1.32-2+deb10u1 |
| debian/epics-base | <=7.0.3.1-4<=7.0.8+dfsg1-1 | |
| debian/r-cran-jsonlite | <=1.6+dfsg-1<=1.7.2+dfsg-1<=1.8.4+dfsg-1 | 1.8.8+dfsg-1 |
| debian/ruby-yajl | 1.3.1-1 1.4.1-1 1.4.3-1 | |
| debian/xqilla | 2.3.4-1 | |
| debian/yajl | <=2.1.0-3 | 2.1.0-3+deb10u2 2.1.0-3+deb11u2 2.1.0-3+deb12u2 2.1.0-5 |
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Reference Links
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16516
- https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/issues/176
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00010.html
- https://rubygems.org/gems/yajl-ruby
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/pull/2158
- https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/commit/a8ca8f476655adaa187eedc60bdc770fff3c51ce
- https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/pull/178
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/yajl-ruby/CVE-2017-16516.yml
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00013.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00003.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wwh7-4jw9-33x6 (Advisory)
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-16516
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16516
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16516
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6233-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6233-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16516
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