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CVE-2014-2525

Published: 27 March 2014

Heap-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.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
libyaml
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
precise
Released (0.1.4-2ubuntu0.12.04.3)
quantal
Released (0.1.4-2ubuntu0.12.10.3)
saucy
Released (0.1.4-2ubuntu0.13.10.3)
upstream Needed

Patches:
vendor: https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2884
upstream: https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/commits/bce8b60f0b9af69fa9fab3093d0a41ba243de048


libyaml-libyaml-perl
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
precise
Released (0.38-2ubuntu0.1)
quantal
Released (0.38-3ubuntu0.12.10.1)
saucy
Released (0.38-3ubuntu0.13.10.1)
upstream
Released (0.41-5)
Patches:


vendor: https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2885
upstream: https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/commits/bce8b60f0b9af69fa9fab3093d0a41ba243de048