CPANSA-YAML-LibYAML-2014-9130: YAML-LibYAML vulnerability

Publisher giterlizzi Document category csaf_security_advisory
Initial release date 2014-12-08T00:00:00 Engine CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.25
Current release date 2014-12-08T00:00:00 Build Date
Current version 1 Status final
CVSS v3.1 Base Score Severity
Original language Language en
Also referred to

Vulnerability Description

scanner.c in LibYAML 0.1.5 and 0.1.6, as used in the YAML-LibYAML (aka YAML-XS) module for Perl, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and crash) via vectors involving line-wrapping.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-9130

Vulnerability Description

scanner.c in LibYAML 0.1.5 and 0.1.6, as used in the YAML-LibYAML (aka YAML-XS) module for Perl, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and crash) via vectors involving line-wrapping.

Weakness CWE-20 : Improper Input Validation

Product status

Known affected
Product Score
YAML-LibYAML less than 0.53
CVSS Version CVSS Vector CVSS Base Score CVSS Base Severity
2.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 5.0 Medium
Fixed

giterlizzi

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gdt@cpan.org

References

Revision history

Version Date of the revision Summary of the revision
1 Mon Dec 8 00:00:00 2014 First release

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