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GLSA-201612-20 : jq: Buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 95636

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201612-20 (jq: Buffer overflow)

 An off-by-one error was discovered in the tokenadd function in jv_parse.c which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could trick a victim into processing a specially crafted JSON file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process. Additionally, a remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All jq users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-misc/jq-1.5-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-20

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 95636

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201612-20.nasl

Version: 2.2

Type: local

Published: 12/8/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:jq, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8863

GLSA: 201612-20