Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2014-321
Advisory Release Date: 2014-04-10 23:54 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2014-09-18 00:19 Pacific
Heap-based buffer overflow in the yaml_parser_scan_uri_escapes function in LibYAML before 0.1.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long sequence of percent-encoded characters in a URI in a YAML file.
Affected Packages:
libyaml
Issue Correction:
Run yum update libyaml to update your system.
i686:
libyaml-debuginfo-0.1.6-1.6.amzn1.i686
libyaml-devel-0.1.6-1.6.amzn1.i686
libyaml-0.1.6-1.6.amzn1.i686
src:
libyaml-0.1.6-1.6.amzn1.src
x86_64:
libyaml-devel-0.1.6-1.6.amzn1.x86_64
libyaml-debuginfo-0.1.6-1.6.amzn1.x86_64
libyaml-0.1.6-1.6.amzn1.x86_64