CVE-2017-16516 -- ruby-yajl, libyajl-dev| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:1901789 | Date: (C)2019-06-03 (M)2024-01-16 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: unix |
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.
| Platform: |
| Ubuntu 16.04 |
| Ubuntu 18.10 |
| Ubuntu 14.04 |
| Ubuntu 18.04 |
| Product: |
| ruby-yajl |
| libyajl-dev |
