Bug 2254468 (CVE-2023-50268)

Summary:	CVE-2023-50268 jq: stack-based buffer overflow in builds using decNumber
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	TEJ RATHI <trathi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	amctagga, aoconnor, bniver, caswilli, dfreiber, drow, fjansen, flucifre, gmeno, hkataria, jburrell, kaycoth, kshier, mbenjamin, mhackett, sostapov, sthirugn, vereddy, vkrizan, vkumar, vmugicag
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	jq 1.7.1	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Jq project. This issue occurs when submitting malicious input to the application, leading to an application crash and causing a denial of service.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2254486, 2254487
Bug Blocks:	2254521

Description TEJ RATHI 2023-12-14 05:32:14 UTC

jq is a command-line JSON processor. Version 1.7 is vulnerable to stack-based buffer overflow in builds using decNumber. Version 1.7.1 contains a patch for this issue.

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=64771
https://github.com/jqlang/jq/commit/c9a51565214eece8f1053089739aea73145bfd6b
https://github.com/jqlang/jq/pull/2804
https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-7hmr-442f-qc8j

Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2023-12-14 08:04:43 UTC

Created jq tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2254487]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2254486]