{"id":"MGASA-2014-0154","summary":"Updated perl-YAML-LibYAML package fixes security vulnerabilies","details":"Updated perl-YAML-LibYAML packages fix security vulnerabilities:\n\nFlorian Weimer of the Red Hat Product Security Team discovered a heap-based\nbuffer overflow flaw in LibYAML, a fast YAML 1.1 parser and emitter library.\nA remote attacker could provide a YAML document with a specially-crafted tag\nthat, when parsed by an application using libyaml, would cause the application\nto crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the\nuser running the application (CVE-2013-6393).\n\nIvan Fratric of the Google Security Team discovered a heap-based buffer\noverflow vulnerability in LibYAML, a fast YAML 1.1 parser and emitter\nlibrary. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted YAML document\nthat, when parsed by an application using libyaml, would cause the application\nto crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the\nuser running the application (CVE-2014-2525).\n\nThe perl-YAML-LibYAML package is being updated as it contains an embedded copy\nof LibYAML.\n","modified":"2026-01-30T08:59:31.497081Z","published":"2014-04-03T01:02:12Z","related":["CVE-2013-6393","CVE-2014-2525"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0154.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12984"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2885"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2870"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"perl-YAML-LibYAML","ecosystem":"Mageia:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/perl-YAML-LibYAML?arch=source&distro=mageia-3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.380.0-3.2.mga3"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0154.json"}},{"package":{"name":"perl-YAML-LibYAML","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/perl-YAML-LibYAML?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.410.0-2.2.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0154.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}