| Name | CVE-2022-38752 |
| 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 stack-overflow. |
| 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 | 1021014 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| snakeyaml (PTS) | buster | 1.23-1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 1.23-1+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.28-1+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 1.33-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| snakeyaml | source | (unstable) | 1.33-1 | unimportant | | 1021014 |
Notes
https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/531/stackoverflow-oss-fuzz-47081
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47081 (not public)
Deemed a false positive by upstream, only added a test