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Denial of Service in js-yaml

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 5, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

npm js-yaml (npm)

Affected versions

< 3.13.0

Patched versions

3.13.0

Description

Versions of js-yaml prior to 3.13.0 are vulnerable to Denial of Service. By parsing a carefully-crafted YAML file, the node process stalls and may exhaust system resources leading to a Denial of Service.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 3.13.0.

References

Reviewed Jun 5, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 5, 2019
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

Moderate
5.9
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

No known CVE

GHSA ID

GHSA-2pr6-76vf-7546

Source code

No known source code
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