CVE-2014-2525
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
Description
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.
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 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 42.1 | Affected | — |
| 13.2 | Affected | — |
| 13.1 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.1.4-3.2 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.1.4-3.2 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.1.4-3.2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.1.4-3.2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.1.4-3.2 |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0150.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00078.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00050.html
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/57836
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57966
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57968
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2884
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2885
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/chef-server-11-0-12-release/
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-1-4-9-release/
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:060
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-003.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66478
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2160-1
- https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/commits/bce8b60f0b9af69fa9fab3093d0a41ba243de048
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-2525
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2525
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.