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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-38751: Security patch for snakeyaml (ALAS-2024-2403)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-38751: Security patch for snakeyaml (ALAS-2024-2403)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/05/2022
Created
01/11/2024
Added
01/10/2024
Modified
01/10/2024

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)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-snakeyaml
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-snakeyaml-javadoc

References

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