Security update for perl-YAML-LibYAML

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0953-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12

An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

perl-YAML-LibYAML was updated to fix three security issues.

These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2013-6393: The yaml_parser_scan_tag_uri function in scanner.c in LibYAML before 0.1.5 performed an incorrect cast, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted tags in a YAML document, which triggered a heap-based buffer overflow (bnc#860617, bnc#911782). - CVE-2014-9130: scanner.c in LibYAML 0.1.5 and 0.1.6, as used in the YAML-LibYAML (aka YAML-XS) module for Perl, allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and crash) via vectors involving line-wrapping (bnc#907809, bnc#911782). - CVE-2014-2525: Heap-based buffer overflow in the yaml_parser_scan_uri_escapes function in LibYAML before 0.1.6 allowed context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long sequence of percent-encoded characters in a URI in a YAML file (bnc#868944, bnc#911782).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-215=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-215=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-215=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64)
    • perl-YAML-LibYAML-debuginfo-0.38-10.1
    • perl-YAML-LibYAML-0.38-10.1
    • perl-YAML-LibYAML-debugsource-0.38-10.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • perl-YAML-LibYAML-debuginfo-0.38-10.1
    • perl-YAML-LibYAML-0.38-10.1
    • perl-YAML-LibYAML-debugsource-0.38-10.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • perl-YAML-LibYAML-debuginfo-0.38-10.1
    • perl-YAML-LibYAML-0.38-10.1
    • perl-YAML-LibYAML-debugsource-0.38-10.1

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