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

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73446

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

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 application using libyaml, would cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application (CVE-2014-2525).

Solution

Update the affected lib64yaml-devel and / or lib64yaml0_2 packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0150.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73446

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2014-071.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 4/10/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64yaml-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64yaml0_2, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2525

BID: 66478

MDVSA: 2014:071