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CVE-2022-38751

DoS in SnakeYAML

Published: Sep 5, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-121
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.5%
Top 29.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-121CWE-787

Affected Products

Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SnakeYAMLLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
snakeyaml project
oss-projectaka snakeyaml
snakeyamlLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
АО «НППКТ»
commercial·RU
ОСОН ОСнова ОnyxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Apache Software Foundation
oss-project·USaka apache foundation
CassandraOn-premDatabase
Databases / nosql
Gradle Inc.
commercialaka gradle
GradleMixed
DevTools & CI / build-test-tools
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/530/stackoverflow-oss-fuzz-47039
bitbucket.org
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47039
bugs.chromium.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00001.html
lists.debian.org
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