Vulnerability CVE-2014-9130

Vulnerability CVE-2014-9130

Published: 2014-12-08

Description:

scanner.c in LibYAML 0.1.5 and 0.1.6, as used in the YAML-LibYAML (aka YAML-XS) module for Perl, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and crash) via vectors involving line-wrapping.

Type:

CWE-20

(Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score	Impact Subscore	Exploitability Subscore
5/10	2.9/10	10/10

Exploit range	Attack complexity	Authentication
Remote	Low	No required
Confidentiality impact	Integrity impact	Availability impact
None	None	Partial

Affected software
Pyyaml -> Libyaml

References:

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0508.html

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0100.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00078.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00050.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0100.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0112.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0260.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/62164

http://secunia.com/advisories/62174

http://secunia.com/advisories/62176

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3102

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3103

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3115

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:242

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:060

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/28/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/28/8

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/29/3

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71349

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2461-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2461-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2461-3

https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/commits/2b9156756423e967cfd09a61d125d883fca6f4f2

https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/issue/10/wrapped-strings-cause-assert-failure

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99047

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-9130

Vulnerability CVE-2014-9130

scanner.c in LibYAML 0.1.5 and 0.1.6, as used in the YAML-LibYAML (aka YAML-XS) module for Perl, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and crash) via vectors involving line-wrapping.

CWE-20

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

5/10

2.9/10

10/10

Remote

Low

No required

None

None

Partial

Affected software

References: