Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting yaml-cpp-devel package, versions <0.6.1-4.5.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-YAMLCPPDEVEL-2813710
  • published11 May 2022
  • disclosed1 Apr 2022

Introduced: 1 Apr 2022

CVE-2019-6285  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 yaml-cpp-devel to version 0.6.1-4.5.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream yaml-cpp-devel package and not the yaml-cpp-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

The SingleDocParser::HandleFlowSequence 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.