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Ubuntu: USN-5944-1 (CVE-2022-38749): SnakeYAML vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5944-1 (CVE-2022-38749): SnakeYAML vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/05/2022
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

Using snakeYAML to parse untrusted YAML files may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libyaml-snake-java

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