CVE-2017-16516

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.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
ruby-yajl	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
yajl	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Fixed 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.23.04.1
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored end of life, was needed
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.22.04.1
	21.10 impish	Ignored end of life
	21.04 hirsute	Ignored end of life
	20.10 groovy	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.20.04.1
	19.10 eoan	Ignored end of life
	19.04 disco	Ignored end of life
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.1.0-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.1.0-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.0.4-4ubuntu0.1~esm1

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Notes

sbeattie

issue in embedded copy of yajl, looks to affect upstream yajl, too

rodrigo-zaiden

as of 2023-06-07, upstream yajl hasn't fixed it, only the embedded copy in ruby-yajl got fixed. even though the code around this fix is similar between yajl and ruby-yajl, the risk of patching one based in the other could be risky without upstream support.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
ruby-yajl	Upstream: a8ca8f4

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2017-16516

Cvss 3 Severity Score