yaml-cpp: Denial of service

yaml-cpp: Denial of service A vulnerability in yaml-cpp could lead to a Denial of Service condition. yaml-cpp 2020-07-26 2020-07-26 626662 remote 0.6.3-r2 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"

CVE-2017-11692 sam_c sam_c