Ubuntu alert USN-2461-2 (libyaml-libyaml-perl)
| From: | Steve Beattie <sbeattie@ubuntu.com> | |
| To: | ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com | |
| Subject: | [USN-2461-2] libyaml-libyaml-perl vulnerability | |
| Date: | Mon, 12 Jan 2015 14:27:48 -0800 | |
| Message-ID: | <20150112222748.GC5907@nxnw.org> |
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2461-2 January 12, 2015 libyaml-libyaml-perl vulnerability ========================================================================== 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... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libyaml-libyaml-perl... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libyaml-libyaml-perl... -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...