| Name | CVE-2018-20574 |
| Description | The SingleDocParser::HandleFlowMap 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. |
| 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 | 918145, 918146 |
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 |
| trixie, sid | 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.
Notes
[buster] - yaml-cpp <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - yaml-cpp <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - yaml-cpp <postponed> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - yaml-cpp0.3 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - yaml-cpp0.3 <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/654