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The jv_dump_term function in jq 1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted JSON file.

References:

https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/1136
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/3

Patch:

https://github.com/wmark/jq/commit/904ee3bf26f863b7b31c4085f511e54c0307e537

(from redmine: issue id 8808, created on 2018-04-19, closed on 2018-05-02)

• Relations:
  • copied_to #8807 (closed)
  • parent #8807 (closed)
• Changesets:
  • Revision 08fa87da on 2018-04-30T15:41:19Z:

main/jq: security fix (CVE-2016-4074). Fixes #8808