UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20993

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20993

    Published: 26 Aug 2019Last Modified: 20 Jan 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-20993

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in the yaml-rust crate before 0.4.1 for Rust. There is uncontrolled recursion during deserialization.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20993, https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0006.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20993

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rust-yaml-rust

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.4.2-1
    0.4.3-1

    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