news 28 Posted May 24, 2016 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: jq security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1099-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1099.html Issue date: 2016-05-23 CVE Names: CVE-2015-8863 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for jq is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 - x86_64 3. Description: jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor. jq is like sed for JSON data. You can use it to slice, filter, map, or transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep, or similar applications allow you to manipulate text. Security Fix(es): * 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. (CVE-2015-8863) 4. Solution: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1328747 - CVE-2015-8863 jq: heap-buffer-overflow in tokenadd() function 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7: Source: jq-1.3-3.el7ost.src.rpm x86_64: jq-1.3-3.el7ost.x86_64.rpm jq-debuginfo-1.3-3.el7ost.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/ 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8863 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iD8DBQFXQ58cXlSAg2UNWIIRAuoVAJoDM5VeHHmJomsk2GVT3QrPa0IsgACbB0Q6 As7/hUV/9ZGV4wVBLMk/sBo= =qYUQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Share this post Link to post
