Debian Security Advisory

DLA-3132-1 snakeyaml -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

03 Oct 2022

Affected Packages:

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1019218.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-25857, CVE-2022-38749, CVE-2022-38750, CVE-2022-38751.

More information:

Several security vulnerabilities have been discovered in SnakeYaml, a YAML parser for Java, which could facilitate a denial of service attack whenever maliciously crafted input files are processed by SnakeYaml.

For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 1.23-1+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your snakeyaml packages.

For the detailed security status of snakeyaml please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/snakeyaml

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS