CVE-2013-6393
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
Description
Heap Based Buffer Overflow in libyaml
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 42.1 | Affected | — |
| 13.2 | Affected | — |
| 13.1 | Affected | — |
| 11.4 | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.10 | Affected | — |
| 12.10 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.1.4-3 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.1.4-3 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.1.4-3 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.1.4-3 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.1.4-3 |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | libyaml | <0.2.3 | 0.2.3 |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0040.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-04/0134.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00065.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00078.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00050.html
- http://osvdb.org/102716
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0353.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0354.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0355.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2850
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2870
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:060
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65258
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2098-1
- https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/commits/tag/0.1.5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=847926&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033990
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-6393
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6393
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6393
- https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml
- https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/commits/bce8b60f0b9af69fa9fab3093d0a41ba243de048
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.