Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201716516000
Revision Date:2017-11-03Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-16516 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-16516
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'ruby-yajl' package in bionic is not affected (note: '1.3.1-1build1').
  • OR The 'yajl' package in bionic is affected and needs fixing.
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