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security advisorymoderate severitycrash riskCentOS Linux 7: CESA-2015:0359-01 Moderate Libxml Vulnerability Awareness
Updated libyaml packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 and 5.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. [More...]. ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: libyaml security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:0260-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0260.html Issue date: 2015-02-23 CVE Names: CVE-2014-9130 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated libyaml packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 and 5.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for RHEL 6 - x86_64 3. Description: 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. An assertion failure was found in the way the libyaml library parsed wrapped strings. An attacker able to load specially crafted YAML input into an application using libyaml could cause the application to crash. (CVE-2014-9130) All libyaml users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. All running applications linked against the libyaml library must be restarted for this update to take effect. 4. 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/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1169369 - CVE-2014-9130 libyaml: assert failure when processing wrapped strings 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for RHEL 6: Source: libyaml-0.1.3-4.el6_6.src.rpm x86_64: libyaml-0.1.3-4.el6_6.x86_64.rpm libyaml-debuginfo-0.1.3-4.el6_6.x86_64.rpm libyaml-devel-0.1.3-4.el6_6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0: Source: libyaml-0.1.3-4.el6_6.src.rpm x86_64: libyaml-0.1.3-4.el6_6.x86_64.rpm libyaml-debuginfo-0.1.3-4.el6_6.x86_64.rpm libyaml-devel-0.1.3-4.el6_6.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/ 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9130 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2015 Red Hat, Inc. . Critical libyaml patch released for Red Hat OpenStack Platforms 4.0 and 5.0 mitigates potential software failure vulnerability.. libyaml update, Red Hat advisory, application security patch. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 23, 2015
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security advisorybuffer overflowcritical threatRed Hat OpenStack 3: RHSA-2014:0353-01 Critical: libyaml Issues
Updated libyaml packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having [More...]. ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: libyaml security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0353-01 Product: Red Hat OpenStack Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0353.html Issue date: 2014-04-02 CVE Names: CVE-2013-6393 CVE-2014-2525 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated libyaml packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: OpenStack 3 - x86_64 3. Description: 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-2014-2525issue. 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 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. 4. 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 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 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 6. Package List: OpenStack 3: Source: x86_64: libyaml-0.1.3-1.4.el6.x86_64.rpm libyaml-debuginfo-0.1.3-1.4.el6.x86_64.rpm libyaml-devel-0.1.3-1.4.el6.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package 7. 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 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc. . Canonical announces a crucial update for snapd to rectify severe vulnerabilities in Ubuntu, safeguarding overall system security.. libyaml security patch, buffer overflow fix, important security update. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 02, 2014
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