| Name | CVE-2018-20573 |
| Description | The Scanner::EnsureTokensInQueue 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, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 918147, 918148 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| yaml-cpp (PTS) | bullseye | 0.6.3-9 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.7.0+dfsg-8 | fixed |
| trixie | 0.8.0+dfsg-7 | fixed |
| forky, sid | 0.8.0+dfsg-9 | fixed |
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/655