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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2461-2
January 12, 2015
libyaml-libyaml-perl vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 14.10
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
Applications using libyaml-libyaml-perl could be made to crash if
they received specially crafted input.
Software Description:
– libyaml-libyaml-perl: Perl interface to libyaml, a YAML implementation
Details:
Stanisław Pitucha and Jonathan Gray discovered that
libyaml-libyaml-perl did not properly handle wrapped strings. An
attacker could create specially crafted YAML data to trigger an assert,
causing a denial of service.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10:
libyaml-libyaml-perl 0.41-5ubuntu0.14.10.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libyaml-libyaml-perl 0.41-5ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libyaml-libyaml-perl 0.38-2ubuntu0.2
After a standard system update you need to restart applications using
libyaml-libyaml-perl to make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2461-2
CVE-2014-9130
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libyaml-libyaml-perl/0.41-5ubuntu0.14.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libyaml-libyaml-perl/0.41-5ubuntu0.14.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libyaml-libyaml-perl/0.38-2ubuntu0.2
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