Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting yaml-cpp package, versions <0.6.3-1
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- published15 Jan 2019
- disclosed15 Jan 2019
Introduced: 15 Jan 2019
CVE-2019-6292 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable yaml-cpp to version 0.6.3-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream yaml-cpp package and not the yaml-cpp package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in singledocparser.cpp in yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++) 0.6.2. Stack Exhaustion occurs in YAML::SingleDocParser, and there is a stack consumption problem caused by recursive stack frames: HandleCompactMap, HandleMap, HandleFlowSequence, HandleSequence, HandleNode. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a cpp file.