CVE-2017-5950

Name	CVE-2017-5950
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	859891, 859892

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
yaml-cpp (PTS)	jessie	0.5.1-1	vulnerable
	stretch	0.5.2-4	vulnerable
	buster	0.6.2-4	vulnerable
	bullseye	0.6.3-9	fixed
	bookworm	0.7.0+dfsg-8	fixed
	sid, trixie	0.8.0+dfsg-6	fixed
yaml-cpp0.3 (PTS)	jessie	0.3.0-1.1	vulnerable
	stretch	0.3.0-1.2	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
yaml-cpp	source	(unstable)	0.6.3-1	low		859891
yaml-cpp0.3	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	low		859892

Notes

[buster] - yaml-cpp <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - yaml-cpp <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - yaml-cpp <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - yaml-cpp <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - yaml-cpp0.3 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - yaml-cpp0.3 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/459
possible fix: https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/pull/489