vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-38752: Security patch for snakeyaml (ALAS-2024-2450)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Sep 5, 2022 | Feb 8, 2024 | Jan 28, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 5, 2022
Added
Feb 8, 2024
Modified
Jan 28, 2025
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.
Solutions
amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-snakeyamlamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-snakeyaml-javadoc
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