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CVE-2022-38749
September 05, 2022
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.
Affected Packages
org.yaml:snakeyaml (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=1.4 <1.31
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.31
Related Resources (10)
https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/525/got-stackoverflowerror-for-many-open
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47024
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00001.html
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.05534.pdf
https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38749
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38749
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-28
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
7.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-787
Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-121
EPSS
Base Score:
0.5