EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : libyaml (EulerOS-SA-2024-2242)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 205891

Synopsis

The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.

Description

According to the versions of the libyaml package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

A vulnerability was found in yaml libyaml up to 0.2.5 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function yaml_emitter_emit_flow_sequence_item of the file /src/libyaml/src/emitter.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-259052. NOTE:
The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.(CVE-2024-3205)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS libyaml security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libyaml packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?20753a9c

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 205891

File Name: EulerOS_SA-2024-2242.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 8/20/2024

Updated: 8/20/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-3205

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libyaml, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/sp

Excluded KB Items: Host/EulerOS/uvp_version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/2/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-3205