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Red Hat OpenStack 3.0 RHSA-2014:0364-01 Important: libyaml Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey April 3, 2014
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The newly released ruby193-libyaml packages address two significant vulnerabilities for users of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3.0.
Updated ruby193-libyaml packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Summary

YAML is a data serialization format designed for human readability and interaction with scripting languages. LibYAML is a YAML parser and emitter written in C.
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the libyaml library parsed URLs in YAML documents. An attacker able to load specially crafted YAML input to an application using libyaml could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2014-2525)
An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the libyaml library handled excessively long YAML tags. An attacker able to load specially crafted YAML input to application using libyaml could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2013-6393)
Red Hat would like to thank oCERT for reporting the CVE-2014-2525 issue. oCERT acknowledges Ivan Fratric of the Google Security Team as the original reporter. The CVE-2013-6393 issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of the Red Hat Product Security Team.
All ruby193-libyaml users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. All running applications linked against the libyaml library must be restarted for this update to take effect.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6393 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2525 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

OpenStack 3:
Source:
x86_64: ruby193-libyaml-0.1.4-5.1.el6.x86_64.rpm ruby193-libyaml-debuginfo-0.1.4-5.1.el6.x86_64.rpm ruby193-libyaml-devel-0.1.4-5.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0364-01
Product: Red Hat OpenStack
Issue date: 2014-04-03

Topic

Updated ruby193-libyaml packages that fix two security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingImportant security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) basescores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for eachvulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

OpenStack 3 - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1033990 - CVE-2013-6393 libyaml: heap-based buffer overflow when parsing YAML tags

1078083 - CVE-2014-2525 libyaml: heap-based buffer overflow when parsing URLs

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