USN-2098-1: LibYAML vulnerability
4 February 2014
libyaml vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
LibYAML could be made to crash or run programs if it opened specially crafted yaml document.
Software Description
- libyaml - Fast YAML 1.1 parser and emitter library
Details
Florian Weimer discovered that LibYAML incorrectly handled certain large yaml documents. An attacker could use this issue to cause LibYAML to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 13.10
- libyaml-0-2 - 0.1.4-2ubuntu0.13.10.1
- Ubuntu 12.10
- libyaml-0-2 - 0.1.4-2ubuntu0.12.10.1
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- libyaml-0-2 - 0.1.4-2ubuntu0.12.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart applications using LibYAML to make all the necessary changes.