Ubuntu Security Notice 5944-1 - It was discovered that SnakeYAML did not limit the maximal nested depth for collections when parsing YAML data. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted YAML file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using SnakeYAML to crash, resulting in a denial of service. It was discovered that SnakeYAML did not limit the maximal data matched with regular expressions when parsing YAML data. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted YAML file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using SnakeYAML to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
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