Vulnerability CVE-2015-8863

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2015-8863 (CCN-112589)

Assigned:

2016-04-21

Published:

2016-04-21

Updated:

2018-10-30

Summary:

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

9.8 Critical (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.8 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
4.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

10.0 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-119

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2015-8863

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
openSUSE-SU-2016:1212

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
openSUSE-SU-2016:1214

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2016-1098
Moderate: jq security update

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2016:1098

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2016-1099
Moderate: jq security update

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2016:1099

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2016-1106
Moderate: jq security update

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2016:1106

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Sat, 23 Apr 2016 08:27:15 +0200
CVE Request: jq: heap buffer overflow in tokenadd() function

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Sat, 23 Apr 2016 09:43:42 -0400 (EDT)
Re: CVE Request: jq: heap buffer overflow in tokenadd() function

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[oss-security] 20160423 CVE Request: jq: heap buffer overflow in tokenadd() function

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[oss-security] 20160423 Re: CVE Request: jq: heap buffer overflow in tokenadd() function

Source: CCN
Type: Debian Bug report logs - 802231
jq: CVE-2015-8863: Heap buffer overflow in tokenadd()

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802231

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 1328747
jq: heap-buffer-overflow in tokenadd() function

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
redhat-jq-cve20158863-dos(112589)

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch
https://github.com/stedolan/jq/commit/8eb1367ca44e772963e704a700ef72ae2e12babd

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/995

Source: GENTOO
Type: UNKNOWN
GLSA-201612-20

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2:

cpe:/a:jq_project:jq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 1.5)

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20158863	V	CVE-2015-8863	2023-06-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7537	P	jq-1.6-3.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2023-06-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:683	P	Security update for crash (Important)	2022-08-07
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94588	P	jq-1.6-3.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:2958	P	jq-1.6-3.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:87	P	jq-1.6-3.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:383	P	w3m-0.5.3+git20180125-1.17 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:112478	P	jq-1.5-3.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69775	P	Security update for xorg-x11-server (Important)	2021-12-20
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49124	P	Security update for containerd, docker, runc (Important)	2021-10-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105975	P	jq-1.5-3.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-10-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:89627	P	jq-1.5-1.27 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:61472	P	jq-1.5-1.27 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71213	P	jq-1.5-1.27 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:103282	P	jq-1.5-1.27 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:96592	P	jq-1.5-1.27 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48132	P	libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-2.24.4-2.47.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47457	P	pam-1.1.8-23.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47965	P	bluez-5.13-5.12.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47040	P	libksba8-1.3.0-23.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47605	P	evince-3.20.2-6.22.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:46904	P	chrony-2.3-3.110 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48030	P	grub2-2.02-12.15.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47233	P	cups-pk-helper-0.2.5-5.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47819	P	libz1-1.2.11-1.27 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:46905	P	cifs-utils-6.5-8.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48061	P	lcms2-2.7-9.7.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47365	P	libjson-c2-0.11-2.15 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47903	P	tcpdump-4.9.2-14.5.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:46919	P	curl-7.37.0-31.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71846	P	jq-1.6-3.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1016	P	jq-1.6-3.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:100863	P	jq-1.6-3.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62105	P	jq-1.6-3.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69670	P	Security update for spice (Important)	2021-06-11
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48770	P	finch-2.11.0-12.5 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70870	P	bash-4.4-7.14 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48824	P	bash-lang-4.3-82.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70983	P	libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-2.20.2-1.14 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93739	P	(Moderate)	2021-05-27
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64283	P	Security update for flac (Moderate)	2020-12-24
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67530	P	Security update for openssl-1_0_0 (Important)	2020-12-11
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66419	P	Security update for gcc7 (Moderate)	2020-12-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:100452	P	jq-1.6-3.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:116676	P	jq-1.6-3.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:61772	P	jq-1.6-3.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71513	P	jq-1.6-3.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:107118	P	jq-1.6-3.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73110	P	jq on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49070	P	coreutils on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67630	P	jq on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72992	P	Security update for libEMF (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64196	P	ruby2.5-rubygem-actionpack-5_1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66327	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20158863000	V	CVE-2015-8863 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.	2016-05-06
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20158863000	V	CVE-2015-8863 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2016-05-06
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201588630000000	V	CVE-2015-8863 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2016-05-06
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20158863000	V	CVE-2015-8863 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2016-05-06
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201588630000000	V	CVE-2015-8863 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2016-05-06
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20158863000	V	CVE-2015-8863 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2016-05-06

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