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. This issue has been fixed in jq 1.6_rc1-r0.Referenceshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/4https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/1136http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/3https://github.com/stedolan/jq/https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/18908https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/10263