pinkbyte 14/05/23 08:42:42 Added: glsa-201405-27.xml Log: GLSA 201405-27
Revision Changes Path 1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201405-27.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201405-27.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201405-27.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain Index: glsa-201405-27.xml =================================================================== <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd";> <glsa id="201405-27"> <title>LibYAML: Arbitrary code execution</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in LibYAML could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">libyaml</product> <announced>May 23, 2014</announced> <revised>May 23, 2014: 1</revised> <bug>505948</bug> <access>local, remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-libs/libyaml" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.1.6</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.1.6</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>LibYAML is a YAML 1.1 parser and emitter written in C.</p> </background> <description> <p>The yaml_parser_scan_uri_escapes() function does not properly expand strings passed as input, which can result in a heap-based buffer overflow. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>An attacker could provide a specially-crafted YAML document, which, when parsed by LibYAML, could result in arbitrary code execution or cause the application to crash. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All LibYAML users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libyaml-0.1.6" </code> <p>Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying these packages. </p> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2525";>CVE-2014-2525</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 15 May 2014 03:39:38 +0000"> BlueKnight </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 23 May 2014 08:42:20 +0000"> creffett </metadata> </glsa>
