Oval Definition:
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20158863000
Revision Date
:
2016-05-06
Version
:
1
Title
:
CVE-2015-8863 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
Description
:
Off-by-one error in the tokenadd function in jv_parse.c in jq allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long JSON-encoded number, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Family
:
unix
Class
:
vulnerability
Status
:
Reference(s)
:
CVE-2015-8863
Platform(s)
:
Ubuntu 17.10
Product(s)
:
Definition Synopsis
Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) is installed.
AND
NOT
While related to the CVE in some way, the 'jq' package in artful is not affected.
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