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SCA: security update for libyaml (GHSA-m75h-cghq-c8h5)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416809

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The yaml_parser_scan_tag_uri function in scanner.c in LibYAML before 0.1.5 performs an incorrect cast,
 which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute
 arbitrary code via crafted tags in a YAML document, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
 (CVE-2013-6393)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m75h-cghq-c8h5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 416809

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.21

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6393

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/29/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6393

BID: 65258

cwe: CWE-119