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CVE-2022-38751

Publication date 5 September 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
snakeyaml 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 1.29-1ubuntu0.22.10.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.29-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.25+ds-2ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.23-1+deb10u1build0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H