CVE-2021-39194

medium

Description

kaml is an open source implementation of the YAML format with support for kotlinx.serialization. In affected versions attackers that could provide arbitrary YAML input to an application that uses kaml could cause the application to endlessly loop while parsing the input. This could result in resource starvation and denial of service. This only affects applications that use polymorphic serialization with the default tagged polymorphism style. Applications using the property polymorphism style are not affected. YAML input for a polymorphic type that provided a tag but no value for the object would trigger the issue. Version 0.35.3 or later contain the fix for this issue.

References

https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/security/advisories/GHSA-fmm9-3gv8-58f4

https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/issues/179

https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/commit/e18785d043fc6324c81e968aae9764b4b060bc6a

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-09-07

Updated: 2021-09-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium