Out-of-bounds Write Affecting snakeyaml package, versions <0:1.11-8.amzn2.0.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.91% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-SNAKEYAML-6149411
  • published10 Jan 2024
  • disclosed5 Sept 2022

Introduced: 5 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-38751  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 snakeyaml to version 0:1.11-8.amzn2.0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2403.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream snakeyaml package and not the snakeyaml package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Using snakeYAML to parse untrusted YAML files may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1