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

A vulnerability in yaml-cpp could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Package	dev-cpp/yaml-cpp on all architectures
Affected versions	< 0.6.3-r2
Unaffected versions	>= 0.6.3-r2

yaml-cpp is a YAML parser and emitter in C++.

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

An attacker could cause a possible Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All yaml-cpp users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-cpp/yaml-cpp-0.6.3-r2"

Release date
July 26, 2020

Latest revision
July 26, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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