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Bug 679740 (CVE-2018-20710)

Summary: dev-cpp/yaml-cpp: remote dos via crafted YAML file in function SingleDocParser::HandleFlowSequence
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Agostino Sarubbo <ago>
Component: VulnerabilitiesAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID    
Severity: minor CC: johu
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1686723
Whiteboard: B3 [upstream cve]
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2019-03-08 08:17:24 UTC
From ${URL} :

The SingleDocParser::HandleFlowSequence 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.

Reference:
https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/660



@maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.
Comment 1 Johannes Huber (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2019-05-01 09:51:49 UTC
> ** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2019-6285. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2019-6285. A typo caused the wrong ID to be used. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2019-6285 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage.