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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-38752: snakeyaml: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-38752: snakeyaml: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/05/2022
Created
05/23/2023
Added
05/23/2023
Modified
05/23/2023

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 stack-overflow.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-java-snakeyaml

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