Resource Exhaustion Affecting yaml-cpp package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.09% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-YAMLCPP-5241817
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed28 Dec 2018

Introduced: 28 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20573  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

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

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Scanner::EnsureTokensInQueue function in yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++) 0.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted YAML file.