Mageia: 2021-1055 Moderate Security Advisory for libxml2 DoS Issue
mageia
November 28, 2018
The SingleDocParser::HandleNode function in yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++) 0.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a cr...
Summary
The SingleDocParser::HandleNode function in yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++)
0.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack
consumption and application crash) via a crafted YAML file.
(CVE-2017-5950)
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23695
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- https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/pull/489
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5950
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 6/core/yaml-cpp-0.5.1-6.1.mga6
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Publication date: 28 Nov 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0471.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2017-5950
Topics Covered
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