CVE-2014-2525

Publication date 27 March 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libyaml	13.10 saucy	Fixed 0.1.4-2ubuntu0.13.10.3
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 0.1.4-2ubuntu0.12.10.3
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.1.4-2ubuntu0.12.04.3
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored
libyaml-libyaml-perl	13.10 saucy	Fixed 0.38-3ubuntu0.13.10.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 0.38-3ubuntu0.12.10.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.38-2ubuntu0.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libyaml	Vendor: https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2884 Upstream: https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/commits/bce8b60f0b9af69fa9fab3093d0a41ba243de048
libyaml-libyaml-perl	Vendor: https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2885 Upstream: https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/commits/bce8b60f0b9af69fa9fab3093d0a41ba243de048

CVE-2014-2525

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