Bug 2254468 (CVE-2023-50268) - CVE-2023-50268 jq: stack-based buffer overflow in builds using decNumber
Summary: CVE-2023-50268 jq: stack-based buffer overflow in builds using decNumber
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-50268
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2254486 2254487
Blocks: 2254521
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-12-14 05:32 UTC by TEJ RATHI
Modified: 2024-02-28 06:19 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: jq 1.7.1
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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.
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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]
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