USN-2461-1

Stanisław Pitucha and Jonathan Gray discovered that LibYAML did not properly handle wrapped strings. An attacker could create specially crafted YAML data to trigger an assert, causing a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libyaml

Package

Name: libyaml
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libyaml@0.1.4-3ubuntu3.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.1.4-3ubuntu3.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.1.4-2build1

0.1.4-2ubuntu1

0.1.4-3ubuntu1

0.1.4-3ubuntu2

0.1.4-3ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libyaml-0-2",
            "binary_version": "0.1.4-3ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libyaml-0-2-dbg",
            "binary_version": "0.1.4-3ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libyaml-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.1.4-3ubuntu3.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}