ELA-693-1 snakeyaml security update

denial of service

2022-10-03
Packagesnakeyaml
Version1.12-2+deb8u1 (jessie), 1.17-1+deb9u1 (stretch)
Related CVEs CVE-2022-25857 CVE-2022-38749 CVE-2022-38750 CVE-2022-38751


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 8 jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 1.12-2+deb8u1.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1.17-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your snakeyaml packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found in the dedicated section of our website.