yaml-cpp denial of service vulnerability

yaml-cpp aka LibYaml-C++ is a C++ parser for use in YAML. A security vulnerability exists in the 'Token& Scanner::peek' function in the scanner.cpp file in yaml-cpp 0.5.3 and earlier. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service assertion failure and application...

CVE-2017-11692

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...