CVE-2022-38749 (Medium) detected in snakeyaml-1.30.jar, snakeyaml-1.29.jar

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CVE-2022-38749 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - snakeyaml-1.30.jar, snakeyaml-1.29.jar

snakeyaml-1.30.jar

YAML 1.1 parser and emitter for Java

Library home page: https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml

Path to dependency file: /mining/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /dle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.30/8fde7fe2586328ac3c68db92045e1c8759125000/snakeyaml-1.30.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.30/8fde7fe2586328ac3c68db92045e1c8759125000/snakeyaml-1.30.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ snakeyaml-1.30.jar (Vulnerable Library)

snakeyaml-1.29.jar

YAML 1.1 parser and emitter for Java

Library home page: http://www.snakeyaml.org

Path to dependency file: /dist/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.29/6d0cdafb2010f1297e574656551d7145240f6e25/snakeyaml-1.29.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.29/6d0cdafb2010f1297e574656551d7145240f6e25/snakeyaml-1.29.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.29/6d0cdafb2010f1297e574656551d7145240f6e25/snakeyaml-1.29.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.29/6d0cdafb2010f1297e574656551d7145240f6e25/snakeyaml-1.29.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.29/6d0cdafb2010f1297e574656551d7145240f6e25/snakeyaml-1.29.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.29/6d0cdafb2010f1297e574656551d7145240f6e25/snakeyaml-1.29.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.29/6d0cdafb2010f1297e574656551d7145240f6e25/snakeyaml-1.29.jar,/dle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.29/6d0cdafb2010f1297e574656551d7145240f6e25/snakeyaml-1.29.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.29/6d0cdafb2010f1297e574656551d7145240f6e25/snakeyaml-1.29.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ snakeyaml-1.29.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 4a8fb8957052fada855c8a9f4c76b6ff4dce7a47

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

Using snakeYAML to parse untrusted YAML files may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow.

Publish Date: 2022-09-05

URL: CVE-2022-38749

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/526/stackoverflow-oss-fuzz-47027

Release Date: 2022-09-05

Fix Resolution: 1.31

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