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Debian DSA-2850-1: libyaml Heap Overflow Critical Remote Threat

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Calendar Grey January 31, 2014
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2851-1 for libxml highlights a critical buffer overflow vulnerability that could permit unauthorized code execution.
Florian Weimer of the Red Hat Product Security Team discovered a heap-based buffer overflow flaw in LibYAML, a fast YAML 1.1 parser and emitter library
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.1.3-1+deb6u2.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.1.4-2+deb7u2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.1.4-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your libyaml packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: libyaml
CVE ID: CVE-2013-6393

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