[Secure-testing-team] Bug#870326: yaml-cpp: CVE-2017-11692

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: yaml-cpp
Version: 0.5.1-1
Severity: important
Tags: upstream security
Forwarded: https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/519
Control: clone -1 -2
Control: reassign -2 src:yaml-cpp0.3
Control: found -2 0.3.0-1.1
Control: retitle -2 yaml-cpp0.3: CVE-2017-11692

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for yaml-cpp.

CVE-2017-11692[0]:
| 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.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11692
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11692
[1] https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/issues/519

Regards,
Salvtore