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Gentoo: GLSA-202305-28 Low Risk Denial Of Service in Snakeyaml

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Calendar Grey May 21, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Linux users should urgently address multiple SnakeYAML vulnerabilities that pose denial of service risks by updating to the latest version without delay
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in snakeyaml, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in snakeyaml. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update gentoo snakeyaml

Resolution

All snakeyaml users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/snakeyaml-1.33"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-18640 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18640 [ 2 ] CVE-2022-38749 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38749 [ 3 ] CVE-2022-38750 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38750 [ 4 ] CVE-2022-38751 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38751 [ 5 ] CVE-2022-38752 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38752

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-28
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

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Severity: Low
Title: snakeyaml: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: May 21, 2023
Bugs: #776796, #868621
ID: 202305-28

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update gentoo snakeyaml

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in snakeyaml, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Background

snakeyaml is a YAML 1.1 parser and emitter for Java.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ------------------ ------------ ------------ dev-java/snakeyaml < 1.33 >= 1.33

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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