CVE-2017-16516 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5