An issue was discovered in singledocparser.cpp in yaml-cpp (aka LibYaml-C++) 0.6.2. Stack Exhaustion occurs in YAML::SingleDocParser, and there is a stack consumption problem caused by recursive stack frames: HandleCompactMap, HandleMap, HandleFlowSequence, HandleSequence, HandleNode. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a cpp file.
Weakness
The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaml-cpp | Yaml-cpp_project | 0.6.2 (including) | 0.6.2 (including) |
| Yaml-cpp | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Yaml-cpp | Ubuntu | cosmic | * |
| Yaml-cpp | Ubuntu | disco | * |
| Yaml-cpp | Ubuntu | eoan | * |
| Yaml-cpp | Ubuntu | esm-apps-legacy/xenial | * |
| Yaml-cpp | Ubuntu | esm-apps/bionic | * |
| Yaml-cpp | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Yaml-cpp | Ubuntu | esm-infra-legacy/trusty | * |
| Yaml-cpp | Ubuntu | esm-infra/focal | * |
| Yaml-cpp | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Yaml-cpp | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Yaml-cpp | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Yaml-cpp | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Yaml-cpp | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
| Yaml-cpp0.3 | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Yaml-cpp0.3 | Ubuntu | cosmic | * |
| Yaml-cpp0.3 | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Yaml-cpp0.3 | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Yaml-cpp0.3 | Ubuntu | xenial | * |