Bug 1477074 (CVE-2017-11692) - CVE-2017-11692 yaml-cpp: assertion failure in Token& Scanner::peek function
Summary: CVE-2017-11692 yaml-cpp: assertion failure in Token& Scanner::peek function
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-11692
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1477077 1477076 1477078 1477079 1477692 1477693
Blocks: 1477081
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-08-01 07:57 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-02-17 01:47 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-08-23 08:30:01 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-08-01 07:57:50 UTC 
The function "Token& Scanner::peek" in scanner.cpp in yaml-cpp 0.5.3
and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(assertion failure and application exit) via a '!2' string.

Upstream bug:

https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/519
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-08-01 08:00:23 UTC 
Created yaml-cpp tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1477077]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1477078]


Created yaml-cpp03 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1477076]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1477079]
Comment 4 Yadnyawalk Tale 2020-08-11 14:39:00 UTC 
Statement:

Red Hat Satellite 6.5 ship yaml-cpp however has been rated as a security impact of Low, product version Satellite 6.6 onward is not affected. Satellite 6.5 is in Maintenance Support phase of the product life cycle and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Satellite 6 Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/satellite.
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