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HistoryMar 15, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

jq vulnerability

2021-03-1500:00:00
ubuntu.com
42
ubuntu
jq
vulnerability
resource consumption
denial of service
package
json processor

CVSS2

7.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

7.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.009

Percentile

83.0%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

  • jq - lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor

Details

It was discovered that jq did not perform sufficient bounds checking,
resulting in unbounded resource consumption. An attacker could use this
vulnerability to cause a denial of service.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu16.04noarchjq< 1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchjq< 1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchjq-dbgsym< 1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu14.04noarchjq< 1.3-1.1ubuntu1.1+esm3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu14.04noarchjq< 1.4-2.1~ubuntu14.04.1UNKNOWN

CVSS2

7.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

7.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.009

Percentile

83.0%