openSUSE Security Update : perl-YAML-LibYAML (openSUSE-2016-473)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 90563

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

perl-YAML-LibYAML was updated to fix three security issues.

These security issues were fixed :

- CVE-2013-6393: The yaml_parser_scan_tag_uri function in scanner.c in LibYAML before 0.1.5 performed an incorrect cast, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted tags in a YAML document, which triggered a heap-based buffer overflow (bnc#860617, bnc#911782).

- 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, allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and crash) via vectors involving line-wrapping (bnc#907809, bnc#911782).

- CVE-2014-2525: Heap-based buffer overflow in the yaml_parser_scan_uri_escapes function in LibYAML before 0.1.6 allowed context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long sequence of percent-encoded characters in a URI in a YAML file (bnc#868944, bnc#911782).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected perl-YAML-LibYAML packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=860617

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=868944

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=907809

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=911782

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 90563

File Name: openSUSE-2016-473.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/18/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-yaml-libyaml, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-yaml-libyaml-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-yaml-libyaml-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6393, CVE-2014-2525, CVE-2014-9130