A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in jq's tokenadd() function. By tricking a victim into processing a specially crafted JSON file, an attacker could use this flaw to crash jq or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the victim's system.
Find out more about CVE-2015-8863 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4.4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 (jq) | RHSA-2016:1099 | 2016-05-23 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) (jq) | RHSA-2016:1106 | 2016-05-25 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 (jq) | RHSA-2016:1098 | 2016-05-23 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 | jq | Not affected |
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