libyaml: heap-based buffer overflow when parsing YAML tags

A heap based buffer oveflow exists in the libyaml package such that a remote attacker could provide a specifically crafted YAML document when parsed by the application could result in remote code execution and complete compromise of the system...

Important: perl-YAML-LibYAML

Issue Overview: The yamlparserscantaguri 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 buff...

Important: libyaml

Issue Overview: Heap-based buffer overflow in the yamlparserscanuriescapes function in LibYAML before 0.1.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long sequence of percent-encoded characters in a URI in a YAML file. Affected Packages: libyaml Issue Correction: Run yum...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : perl-YAML-LibYAML (MDVSA-2014:069)

Updated perl-YAML-LibYAML packages fix security vulnerabilities : Florian Weimer of the Red Hat Product Security Team discovered a heap-based buffer overflow flaw in LibYAML, a fast YAML 1.1 parser and emitter library. A remote attacker could provide a YAML document with a specially crafted tag...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : yaml (MDVSA-2014:071)

Updated yaml package fixes security vulnerability Ivan Fratric of the Google Security Team discovered a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in LibYAML, a fast YAML 1.1 parser and emitter library. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted YAML document that, when parsed by an...

Fedora Update for perl-YAML-LibYAML FEDORA-2014-4517

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Fedora Update for perl-YAML-LibYAML FEDORA-2014-4548

Check for the Version of perl-YAML-LibYAML OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for perl-YAML-LibYAML FEDORA-2014-4548 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright C 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or...

Ubuntu Update for libyaml-libyaml-perl USN-2161-1

Check for the Version of libyaml-libyaml-perl OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN21611.nasl 7957 2017-12-01 06:40:08Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for libyaml-libyaml-perl USN-2161-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright C 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net Thi...

Fedora Update for libyaml FEDORA-2014-4438

Check for the Version of libyaml OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for libyaml FEDORA-2014-4438 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright C 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...

Fedora Update for perl-YAML-LibYAML FEDORA-2014-4517

Check for the Version of perl-YAML-LibYAML OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for perl-YAML-LibYAML FEDORA-2014-4517 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright C 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or...

Fedora Update for libyaml FEDORA-2014-4440

Check for the Version of libyaml OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for libyaml FEDORA-2014-4440 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright C 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2160-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Fedora Update for perl-YAML-LibYAML FEDORA-2014-4548

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: perl-YAML-LibYAML-0.41-4.fc19

Kirill Siminov's "libyaml" is arguably the best YAML implementation. The C library is written precisely to the YAML 1.1 specification. It was original ly bound to Python and was later bound to Ruby...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: perl-YAML-LibYAML-0.41-4.fc20

Kirill Siminov's "libyaml" is arguably the best YAML implementation. The C library is written precisely to the YAML 1.1 specification. It was original ly bound to Python and was later bound to Ruby...

Fedora 19 : perl-YAML-LibYAML-0.41-4.fc19 (2014-4517)

This update addressed two security issues. CVE-2013-6393: The yamlparserscantaguri 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...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: libyaml-0.1.6-1.fc20

YAML is a data serialization format designed for human readability and interaction with scripting languages. LibYAML is a YAML parser and emitter written in C...

FreeBSD : LibYAML input sanitization errors (580cc46b-bb1e-11e3-b144-2c4138874f7d)

oCERT reports : The LibYAML project is an open source YAML 1.1 parser and emitter written in C. The library is affected by a heap-based buffer overflow which can lead to arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability is caused by lack of proper expansion for the string passed to the...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.10 : libyaml-libyaml-perl vulnerabilities (USN-2161-1)

Florian Weimer discovered that libyaml-libyaml-perl incorrectly handled certain large YAML documents. An attacker could use this issue to cause libyaml-libyaml-perl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2013-6393 Ivan Fratric discovered that...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.10 : libyaml vulnerability (USN-2160-1)

Ivan Fratric discovered that LibYAML incorrectly handled certain malformed YAML documents. An attacker could use this issue to cause LibYAML to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description...