Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20158863000
Revision Date:2016-05-06Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-8863 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - 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:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-8863
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'jq' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1').
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