glsa-202007-14.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202007-14">
  <title>yaml-cpp: Denial of service</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in yaml-cpp could lead to a Denial of Service
    condition.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">yaml-cpp</product>
  <announced>2020-07-26</announced>
  <revised count="1">2020-07-26</revised>
  <bug>626662</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-cpp/yaml-cpp" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.6.3-r2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.6.3-r2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>yaml-cpp is a YAML parser and emitter in C++.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>The function Scanner::peek in scanner.cpp may have an assertion failure.</p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>An attacker could cause a possible Denial of Service condition.</p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All yaml-cpp users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-cpp/yaml-cpp-0.6.3-r2"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11692">CVE-2017-11692</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-07-26T16:16:28Z">sam_c</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-07-26T23:48:42Z">sam_c</metadata>
</glsa>