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GLSA-202506-11 : YAML-LibYAML: Shell injection

critical Nessus Plugin ID 240460

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202506-11 (YAML-LibYAML: Shell injection)

 YAML-LibYAML uses the legacy '2-arg' open() call which is susceptible to shell injection via malicious filenames.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All YAML-LibYAML users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=dev-perl/YAML-LibYAML-0.903.0

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202506-11

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=949498

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 240460

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202506-11.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 6/25/2025

Updated: 6/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-40908

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:yaml-libyaml

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-40908