Source: yaml-cpp
Version: 0.6.2-4
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/657

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for yaml-cpp.

CVE-2019-6292[0]:
| An issue was discovered in singledocparser.cpp in yaml-cpp (aka
| LibYaml-C++) 0.6.2. Stack Exhaustion occurs in YAML::SingleDocParser,
| and there is a stack consumption problem caused by recursive stack
| frames: HandleCompactMap, HandleMap, HandleFlowSequence,
| HandleSequence, HandleNode. Remote attackers could leverage this
| vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a cpp file.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-6292
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-6292
[1] https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/657

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore

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