Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting rh-mongodb30upg-yaml-cpp-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RHMONGODB30UPGYAMLCPPDEVEL-4537254
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed17 Jan 2017

Introduced: 17 Jan 2017

CVE-2017-5950  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 rh-mongodb30upg-yaml-cpp-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rh-mongodb30upg-yaml-cpp-devel package and not the rh-mongodb30upg-yaml-cpp-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The SingleDocParser::HandleNode function in yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++) 0.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted YAML file.