GLSA-202007-14 : yaml-cpp: Denial of service

high Nessus Plugin ID 138937

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202007-14 (yaml-cpp: Denial of service)

The function Scanner::peek in scanner.cpp may have an assertion failure.
Impact :

An attacker could cause a possible Denial of Service condition.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All yaml-cpp users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-cpp/yaml-cpp-0.6.3-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-14

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138937

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202007-14.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 7/27/2020

Updated: 2/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11692

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:yaml-cpp, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/26/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11692

GLSA: 202007-14