CVE-2017-16516GHSA-WWH7-4JW9-33X6
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 S
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- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 1.3.1
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- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
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.
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- yajl-rubyRubyGems
fixed in 1.3.1