Input validation error - CVE-2014-9130
Published: December 8, 2014 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33057
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9130
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor:
Affected software:
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
scanner.c in LibYAML 0.1.5 and 0.1.6, as used in the YAML-LibYAML (aka YAML-XS) module for Perl, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and crash) via vectors involving line-wrapping.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9130
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0508.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0100.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-2015-0100.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0112.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0260.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59947
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60944
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62164
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62174
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62176
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62705
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62723
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62774
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3102
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3103
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3115
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:242
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:060
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/28/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/28/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/29/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71349
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2461-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2461-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2461-3
- https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/commits/2b9156756423e967cfd09a61d125d883fca6f4f2
- https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/issue/10/wrapped-strings-cause-assert-failure
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99047
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-9130