CVE-2016-4074

Upstream information

CVE-2016-4074 at MITRE

Description

The jv_dump_term function in jq 1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted JSON file. This issue has been fixed in jg 1.6_rc1-r0.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	7.8	2.6
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Network	Network
Access Complexity	Low	High
Authentication	None	None
Confidentiality Impact	None	None
Integrity Impact	None	None
Availability Impact	Complete	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.5
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1014176 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 976992 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SU-2017:2950-1, published Wed Nov 8 04:19:27 MST 2017
• openSUSE-SU-2017:2833-1, published Mon, 23 Oct 2017 15:08:44 +0200 (CEST)
• openSUSE-SU-2017:2834-1, published Mon, 23 Oct 2017 15:09:11 +0200 (CEST)

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4	jq >= 1.5-3.5.7 libjq1 >= 1.5-3.5.7	Patchnames: SUSE-Storage-4-2017-1830
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1	jq >= 1.5-1.27 libjq-devel >= 1.5-1.27 libjq1 >= 1.5-1.27
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3	jq >= 1.6-3.3.1 libjq-devel >= 1.6-3.3.1 libjq1 >= 1.6-3.3.1
SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1	jq >= 1.5-5.1 libjq-devel >= 1.5-5.1 libjq1 >= 1.5-5.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2017-1190
openSUSE Tumbleweed	jq >= 1.6-2.9 libjq-devel >= 1.6-2.9 libjq1 >= 1.6-2.9	Patchnames: openSUSE Tumbleweed GA jq-1.6-2.9

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First public cloud image revisions this CVE is fixed in:

• alibaba/sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729
• alibaba/sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210827
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210827-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• google/sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729
• google/sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210827
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210827

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s)	Source package	State
HPE Helion OpenStack 8	jq	In progress
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4	jq	Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8	jq	In progress
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9	jq	In progress