CVE-2014-2525

Summary

CVECVE-2014-2525
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-03-28 15:55:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:27:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the yaml_parser_scan_uri_escapes function in LibYAML before 0.1.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long sequence of percent-encoded characters in a URI in a YAML file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 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 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 0.1.4 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 Pyyaml Libyaml 0.1.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2014-2525 | Puppet CONFIRM puppet.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2884-1 libyaml DEBIAN www.debian.org
xi / libyaml / commit / bce8b60f0b9a — Bitbucket CONFIRM bitbucket.org Exploit, Patch
openSUSE-SU-2015:0319-1: moderate: Security update for perl-YAML-LibYAML SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories MISC www.ocert.org US Government Resource
About the security content of OS X Mavericks v10.9.5 and Security Update 2014-004 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0150 - Updated libyaml package fixes security vulnerability CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
LibYAML 'yaml_parser_scan_uri_escapes()' Function Remote Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
openSUSE-SU-2014:0500-1: moderate: libyaml: fixed heap overflow SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2016:1067-1: moderate: Security update for perl-YAML-LibYAML SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Enterprise Chef 11.1.3 Release | Chef Blog CONFIRM www.getchef.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2885-1 libyaml-libyaml-perl DEBIAN www.debian.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:060 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com
Enterprise Chef 1.4.9 Release | Chef Blog CONFIRM www.getchef.com
Chef Server 11.0.12 Release | Chef Blog CONFIRM www.getchef.com
USN-2160-1: LibYAML vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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