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CVE-2013-6393

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Date: February 6, 2014

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.

Language: JS

Severity Score

5.6

Related Resources (30)

Url: https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20150523055002/http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/advisory/MDVSA-2015:060/?name=MDVSA-2015:060

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6393

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6393

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0355.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00065.html

Url: http://osvdb.org/102716

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2850

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0354.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2870

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033990

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00050.html

Url: https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-6393

Url: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2098-1

Url: https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/21

Url: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2013-6393

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20140302205713/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65258

Url: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536

Url: https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/commits/bce8b60f0b9af69fa9fab3093d0a41ba243de048

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00078.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=847926&action=diff

Url: https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/commits/tag/0.1.5

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0353.html

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:060

Url: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-04/0134.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65258

Url: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0040.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00064.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-6393

Severity Score

5.6

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

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Upgrade to version libyaml - 0.2.3

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.6
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2013-6393

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Date: February 6, 2014

Language: JS

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Related Resources (30)

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Weakness Type (CWE)

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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