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Unscored USN-2461-2 1 CVE

libyaml-libyaml-perl vulnerability

Published Jan 12, 2015 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

Stanisław Pitucha and Jonathan Gray discovered that
libyaml-libyaml-perl did not properly handle wrapped strings. An
attacker could create specially crafted YAML data to trigger an assert,
causing a denial of service.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS libyaml-libyaml-perl 0.41-5ubuntu0.14.04.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9130