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Ubuntu 25.04: jq Critical Denial of Service 2025:0001 CVE-2024-23337

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Calendar Grey July 21, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities within jq have been addressed for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and later versions, particularly concerning denial of service threats.
Several security issues were fixed in jq.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.04 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in jq. Software Description: - jq: lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor Details: It was discovered that jq incorrectly handled certain values when parsing JSON data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause jq to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-23337) It was discovered that jq incorrectly handled NaN values when parsing JSON data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause jq to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2024-53427) It was discovered that jq incorrectly handled certain values when parsing JSON data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause jq to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-48060)

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.04 jq 1.7.1-3ubuntu1.1 libjq1 1.7.1-3ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS jq 1.7.1-3ubuntu0.24.04.1 libjq1 1.7.1-3ubuntu0.24.04.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS jq 1.6-2.1ubuntu3.1 libjq1 1.6-2.1ubuntu3.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7657-1

CVE-2024-23337, CVE-2024-53427, CVE-2025-48060

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7657-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jq/1.7.1-3ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jq/1.7.1-3ubuntu0.24.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jq/1.6-2.1ubuntu3.1

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