CVE-2013-6393

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None
Description
The yaml_parser_scan_tag_uri function in scanner.c in LibYAML before 0.1.5 performs an incorrect cast, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted tags in a YAML document, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2013-6393
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2014-02-06T22:55:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-30T16:27:35
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:pyyaml:libyaml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.1.4
cpe:2.3:a:pyyaml:libyaml:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pyyaml:libyaml:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pyyaml:libyaml:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pyyaml:libyaml:0.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://osvdb.org/102716
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=847926&action=diff Issue Tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65258 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/commits/tag/0.1.5 Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033990 Patch Issue Tracking
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2098-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2850 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00064.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00065.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2870 Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0353.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0355.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0354.html Third Party Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-04/0134.html Broken Link
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html Broken Link
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00078.html Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0040.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:060 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00050.html Third Party Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-6393
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6393
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6393
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:55:13 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 21:49:41 2014-02-06T22:55Z 2014-02-06T22:55:03 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-01 21:49:41 2018-10-30T16:27:35 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-01 21:49:41 Modified Vulnerability Status updated