Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2014-291)
🗓️ 08 Sep 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 127 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| libyaml heap overflow resulting in possible code execution | 24 Nov 201300:00 | – | freebsd | |
| Mac OS X < 10.9.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2014-002) | 27 May 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : libyaml (ALAS-2014-291) | 2 Mar 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : perl-YAML-LibYAML (ALAS-2014-324) | 23 Apr 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 6 : Important: / ruby193-libyaml (CESA-2014:0355) | 22 May 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-2850-1 : libyaml - heap-based buffer overflow | 2 Feb 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-2870-1 : libyaml-libyaml-perl - heap-based buffer overflow | 10 Mar 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : libyaml (EulerOS-SA-2019-1445) | 14 May 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 19 : libyaml-0.1.4-6.fc19 (2014-1817) | 10 Feb 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 20 : libyaml-0.1.4-6.fc20 (2014-1851) | 10 Feb 201400:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| alas | www.alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-291.html |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120156");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-6393");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-08 11:18:46 +0000 (Tue, 08 Sep 2015)");
script_version("2025-01-23T05:37:38+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-23 05:37:38 +0000 (Thu, 23 Jan 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2014-291)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/amazon_linux", "ssh/login/release");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"ALAS-2014-291");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-291.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'libyaml' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-291 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The yaml_parser_scan_tag_uri function in scanner.c in LibYAML before 0.1.5 performs an incorrect cast, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted tags in a YAML document, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'libyaml' package(s) on Amazon Linux.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "AMAZON") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libyaml", rpm:"libyaml~0.1.4~6.5.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libyaml-debuginfo", rpm:"libyaml-debuginfo~0.1.4~6.5.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libyaml-devel", rpm:"libyaml-devel~0.1.4~6.5.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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23 Jan 2025 00:00Current
4.1Medium risk
Vulners AI Score4.1
CVSS 26.8
EPSS0.07386