USN-2161-1: libyaml-libyaml-perl vulnerabilities
3 April 2014
libyaml-libyaml-perl could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted YAML file.
Releases
Packages
- libyaml-libyaml-perl - Perl interface to libyaml, a YAML implementation
Details
Florian Weimer discovered that libyaml-libyaml-perl incorrectly handled
certain large YAML documents. An attacker could use this issue to cause
libyaml-libyaml-perl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-6393)
Ivan Fratric discovered that libyaml-libyaml-perl incorrectly handled
certain malformed YAML documents. An attacker could use this issue to cause
libyaml-libyaml-perl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-2525)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 13.10
Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04
After a standard system update you need to restart applications using
libyaml-libyaml-perl to make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-2098-1: libyaml-0-2, libyaml
- USN-2160-1: libyaml-0-2, libyaml