CVE-2013-6393

Summary

CVECVE-2013-6393
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-02-06 22:55:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:27:00 UTC
DescriptionThe yaml_parser_scan_tag_uri function in scanner.c in LibYAML before 0.1.5 performs an incorrect cast, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted tags in a YAML document, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 13.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 13.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application Pyyaml Libyaml 0.0.1 All All All
Application Pyyaml Libyaml 0.1.1 All All All
Application Pyyaml Libyaml 0.1.2 All All All
Application Pyyaml Libyaml 0.1.3 All All All
Application Pyyaml Libyaml All All All All
Application Pyyaml Libyaml 0.0.1 All All All
Application Pyyaml Libyaml 0.1.1 All All All
Application Pyyaml Libyaml 0.1.2 All All All
Application Pyyaml Libyaml 0.1.3 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 3.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 3.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Attachment 847926 Details for Bug 1033990 – String overflow patch MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
openSUSE-SU-2015:0319-1: moderate: Security update for perl-YAML-LibYAML SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
102716 OSVDB osvdb.org
openSUSE-SU-2016:1067-1: moderate: Security update for perl-YAML-LibYAML SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
xi / libyaml / Commits — Bitbucket CONFIRM bitbucket.org Issue Tracking
NEOHAPSIS - Peace of Mind Through Integrity and Insight APPLE archives.neohapsis.com Broken Link
NEOHAPSIS - Peace of Mind Through Integrity and Insight APPLE archives.neohapsis.com Broken Link
openSUSE-SU-2014:0273-1: moderate: update for libyaml SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2870-1 libyaml-libyaml-perl DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 1033990 – CVE-2013-6393 libyaml: heap-based buffer overflow when parsing YAML tags CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
USN-2098-1: LibYAML vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
LibYAML 'scanner.c' Remote Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
openSUSE-SU-2014:0272-1: moderate: update for libyaml SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:060 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2013-6393 | Puppet CONFIRM puppet.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0040 - Updated yaml packages fix CVE-2013-6393 CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
About the security content of OS X Server v4.0 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2850-1 libyaml DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 980716 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for libyaml (GHSA-m75h-cghq-c8h5)
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