UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11692

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11692

    Published: 30 Jul 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-11692

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11692, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11692

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: yaml-cpp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.3.0-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High