GSD-2017-16516
Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2017-11-03 00:00Details
In the yajl-ruby gem 1.3.0 for Ruby, when a crafted JSON file is supplied to
Yajl::Parser.new.parse, the whole ruby process crashes with a SIGABRT in the
yajl_string_decode function in yajl_encode.c. This results in the whole ruby
process terminating and potentially a denial of service.
Aliases
Aliases
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