RHEL 6 / 7 : libyaml (RHSA-2015:0100)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81069

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for libyaml.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2015:0100 advisory.

- libyaml: assert failure when processing wrapped strings (CVE-2014-9130)

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 RHEL libyaml package based on the guidance in RHSA-2015:0100.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?78c2b0aa

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0100

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169369

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81069

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-0100.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/29/2015

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9130

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libyaml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libyaml-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/28/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9130

CWE: 617

RHSA: 2015:0100