Debian DSA-2884-1 : libyaml - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73214

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

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 application using libyaml, would cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Solution

Upgrade the libyaml packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.1.3-1+deb6u4.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.1.4-2+deb7u4.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73214

File Name: debian_DSA-2884.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/27/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libyaml, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/26/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2525

BID: 66478

DSA: 2884

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