Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201405-27
🗓️ 29 Sep 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Eero VolotinenType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 121 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LibYAML input sanitization errors | 11 Mar 201400:00 | – | freebsd | |
| Mac OS X < 10.9.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2014-004) | 19 Sep 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : libyaml (ALAS-2014-321) | 23 Apr 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-2884-1 : libyaml - security update | 27 Mar 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-2885-1 : libyaml-libyaml-perl - security update | 27 Mar 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : libyaml (EulerOS-SA-2019-1445) | 14 May 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 19 : libyaml-0.1.6-1.fc19 (2014-4438) | 7 Apr 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 20 : libyaml-0.1.6-1.fc20 (2014-4440) | 7 Apr 201400:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| security | www.security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-27 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Eero Volotinen
# 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-or-later
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.121202");
script_version("2026-04-24T15:56:23+0000");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-29 11:27:16 +0300 (Tue, 29 Sep 2015)");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 15:56:23 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201405-27");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The yaml_parser_scan_uri_escapes() function does not properly expand strings passed as input, which can result in a heap-based buffer overflow.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages to the latest available version.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-27");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-2525");
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_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Gentoo Linux Local Security Checks GLSA 201405-27");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Eero Volotinen");
script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if((res=ispkgvuln(pkg:"dev-libs/libyaml", unaffected: make_list("ge 0.1.6"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 0.1.6"))) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
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24 Apr 2026 00:00Current
7.3High risk
Vulners AI Score7.3
CVSS 26.8
EPSS0.09787