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openSUSE Security Update : jq (openSUSE-2017-1190)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104115

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for jq fixes the following minor security issue :

 - CVE-2016-4074: stack exhaustion could affect availability when parsing untrusted imput (bsc#1014176)

The following tracked packaging changes are included :

 - Update tests dependencies to increase test coverage (bsc#1017157)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected jq packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1014176

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1017157

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104115

File Name: openSUSE-2017-1190.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/24/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libjq1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libjq-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libjq1-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:jq, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:jq-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:jq-debugsource

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4074