Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-1152 - USE of Externally-Controlled Format String vulnerability in Ingy Yaml::Libyaml 0.38

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
ingy
CWE-134
nessus

Summary

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the error reporting functionality in the YAML::LibYAML (aka YAML-LibYAML and perl-YAML-LibYAML) module 0.38 for Perl allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via format string specifiers in a (1) YAML stream to the Load function, (2) YAML node to the load_node function, (3) YAML mapping to the load_mapping function, or (4) YAML sequence to the load_sequence function.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Ingy
1

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Format String Injection
    An attacker includes formatting characters in a string input field on the target application. Most applications assume that users will provide static text and may respond unpredictably to the presence of formatting character. For example, in certain functions of the C programming languages such as printf, the formatting character %s will print the contents of a memory location expecting this location to identify a string and the formatting character %n prints the number of DWORD written in the memory. An attacker can use this to read or write to memory locations or files, or simply to manipulate the value of the resulting text in unexpected ways. Reading or writing memory may result in program crashes and writing memory could result in the execution of arbitrary code if the attacker can write to the program stack.
  • String Format Overflow in syslog()
    This attack targets the format string vulnerabilities in the syslog() function. An attacker would typically inject malicious input in the format string parameter of the syslog function. This is a common problem, and many public vulnerabilities and associated exploits have been posted.

Nessus

  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2015-162.NASL
    descriptionperl-YAML-LibYAML was updated to version 0.59 to fix four security issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2013-6393: The yaml_parser_scan_tag_uri function in scanner.c in LibYAML before 0.1.5 performs an incorrect cast, which allowed 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 (bnc#860617, bnc#911782). - CVE-2012-1152: Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the error reporting functionality in the YAML::LibYAML (aka YAML-LibYAML and perl-YAML-LibYAML) module 0.38 for Perl allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via format string specifiers in a (1) YAML stream to the Load function, (2) YAML node to the load_node function, (3) YAML mapping to the load_mapping function, or (4) YAML sequence to the load_sequence function (bnc#751503). - CVE-2014-9130: scanner.c in LibYAML 0.1.5 and 0.1.6, as used in the YAML-LibYAML (aka YAML-XS) module for Perl, allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and crash) via vectors involving line-wrapping (bnc#907809, bnc#911782). - CVE-2014-2525: Heap-based buffer overflow in the yaml_parser_scan_uri_escapes function in LibYAML before 0.1.6 allowed context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long sequence of percent-encoded characters in a URI in a YAML file (bnc#868944, bnc#911782). These non-security issues were fixed : - PR/23 Better scalar dump heuristics - More closely match YAML.pm - Add a VERSION statement to YAML::LibYAML (issue#8) - Applied fix for PR/21. nawglan++ - Use Swim cpan-tail block functions in doc - Get YAML::XS using latest libyaml - Fix for https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/issue/10/wrapped-string s-cause-assert-failure - Fix e1 test failure on 5.21.4 - Remove =travis section - Meta 0.0.2 - Eliminate spurious trailing whitespace - Add t/000-compile-modules.t - Fix swim errors - Add badges to doc - Fix ReadMe - Fix Meta and add Contributing. - Doc fix. GitHub-Issue-#6. Thanks to Debian Perl Group for finding this. - Test::Base tests needed
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2015-02-20
    plugin id81417
    published2015-02-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/81417
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : perl-YAML-LibYAML (openSUSE-2015-162)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2015-162.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(81417);
      script_version("1.3");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2012-1152", "CVE-2013-6393", "CVE-2014-2525", "CVE-2014-9130");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : perl-YAML-LibYAML (openSUSE-2015-162)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2015-162 patch");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "perl-YAML-LibYAML was updated to version 0.59 to fix four security
    issues.
    
    These security issues were fixed :
    
      - CVE-2013-6393: The yaml_parser_scan_tag_uri function in
        scanner.c in LibYAML before 0.1.5 performs an incorrect
        cast, which allowed 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 (bnc#860617,
        bnc#911782).
    
      - CVE-2012-1152: Multiple format string vulnerabilities in
        the error reporting functionality in the YAML::LibYAML
        (aka YAML-LibYAML and perl-YAML-LibYAML) module 0.38 for
        Perl allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of
        service (process crash) via format string specifiers in
        a (1) YAML stream to the Load function, (2) YAML node to
        the load_node function, (3) YAML mapping to the
        load_mapping function, or (4) YAML sequence to the
        load_sequence function (bnc#751503).
    
      - CVE-2014-9130: scanner.c in LibYAML 0.1.5 and 0.1.6, as
        used in the YAML-LibYAML (aka YAML-XS) module for Perl,
        allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of
        service (assertion failure and crash) via vectors
        involving line-wrapping (bnc#907809, bnc#911782).
    
      - CVE-2014-2525: Heap-based buffer overflow in the
        yaml_parser_scan_uri_escapes function in LibYAML before
        0.1.6 allowed context-dependent attackers to execute
        arbitrary code via a long sequence of percent-encoded
        characters in a URI in a YAML file (bnc#868944,
        bnc#911782).
    
    These non-security issues were fixed :
    
      - PR/23 Better scalar dump heuristics
    
      - More closely match YAML.pm
    
      - Add a VERSION statement to YAML::LibYAML (issue#8)
    
      - Applied fix for PR/21. nawglan++
    
      - Use Swim cpan-tail block functions in doc
    
      - Get YAML::XS using latest libyaml
    
      - Fix for
        https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/issue/10/wrapped-string
        s-cause-assert-failure
    
      - Fix e1 test failure on 5.21.4
    
      - Remove =travis section
    
      - Meta 0.0.2
    
      - Eliminate spurious trailing whitespace
    
      - Add t/000-compile-modules.t
    
      - Fix swim errors
    
      - Add badges to doc
    
      - Fix ReadMe
    
      - Fix Meta and add Contributing.
    
      - Doc fix. GitHub-Issue-#6. Thanks to Debian Perl Group
        for finding this.
    
      - Test::Base tests needed 'inc' in @INC
    
      - Switch to Zilla::Dist
    
      - No longer dep on Test::Base, Spiffy, and
        Filter::Util::Call
    
      - Remove test/changes.t
    
      - Removed another C++ // style comment. jdb++
    
      - Removed C++ // style comments, for better portability.
        jdb++
    
      - Using the latest libyaml codebase
    
    - https://github.com/yaml/libyaml/tree/perl-yaml-xs
    
      - Changes have been made to start moving libyaml to 1.2"
      );
      # https://bitbucket.org/xi/libyaml/issue/10/wrapped-strings-cause-assert-failure
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?82d71510"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=751503"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=860617"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=868944"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=907809"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=911782"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://github.com/yaml/libyaml/tree/perl-yaml-xs"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected perl-YAML-LibYAML packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-YAML-LibYAML");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-YAML-LibYAML-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-YAML-LibYAML-debugsource");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/02/11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/02/20");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
    if (release !~ "^(SUSE13\.1|SUSE13\.2)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "13.1 / 13.2", release);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"perl-YAML-LibYAML-0.59-6.4.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"perl-YAML-LibYAML-debuginfo-0.59-6.4.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"perl-YAML-LibYAML-debugsource-0.59-6.4.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.2", reference:"perl-YAML-LibYAML-0.59-2.4.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.2", reference:"perl-YAML-LibYAML-debuginfo-0.59-2.4.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.2", reference:"perl-YAML-LibYAML-debugsource-0.59-2.4.1") ) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "perl-YAML-LibYAML / perl-YAML-LibYAML-debuginfo / etc");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2012-5035.NASL
    descriptionThis update fixes various format string vulnerabilities (CVE-2012-1152, CPAN RT#46507). The Fedora 15 and Fedora 16 builds also include some bug-fixes from upstream : - Fix for broken deparse test - Fix LoadFile on empty file failure Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2012-04-09
    plugin id58633
    published2012-04-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/58633
    titleFedora 16 : perl-YAML-LibYAML-0.38-2.fc16 (2012-5035)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-2432.NASL
    descriptionDominic Hargreaves and Niko Tyni discovered two format string vulnerabilities in YAML::LibYAML, a Perl interface to the libyaml library.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2012-03-13
    plugin id58324
    published2012-03-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/58324
    titleDebian DSA-2432-1 : libyaml-libyaml-perl - format string vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2012-4997.NASL
    descriptionThis update fixes various format string vulnerabilities (CVE-2012-1152, CPAN RT#46507). The Fedora 15 and Fedora 16 builds also include some bug-fixes from upstream : - Fix for broken deparse test - Fix LoadFile on empty file failure Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2012-04-09
    plugin id58631
    published2012-04-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/58631
    titleFedora 15 : perl-YAML-LibYAML-0.38-2.fc15 (2012-4997)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2012-4871.NASL
    descriptionThis update fixes various format string vulnerabilities (CVE-2012-1152, CPAN RT#46507). The Fedora 15 and Fedora 16 builds also include some bug-fixes from upstream : - Fix for broken deparse test - Fix LoadFile on empty file failure Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2012-04-12
    plugin id58702
    published2012-04-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/58702
    titleFedora 17 : perl-YAML-LibYAML-0.38-2.fc17 (2012-4871)
  • NASL familyAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idALA_ALAS-2012-69.NASL
    descriptionMultiple format string vulnerabilities in the error reporting functionality in the YAML::LibYAML (aka YAML-LibYAML and perl-YAML-LibYAML) module 0.38 for Perl allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via format string specifiers in a (1) YAML stream to the Load function, (2) YAML node to the load_node function, (3) YAML mapping to the load_mapping function, or (4) YAML sequence to the load_sequence function.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id69676
    published2013-09-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/69676
    titleAmazon Linux AMI : perl-YAML-LibYAML (ALAS-2012-69)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2012-521.NASL
    descriptionThis update of perl-YAML-LibYAML fixed multiple format string flaws that could cause a crash or potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2014-06-13
    plugin id74717
    published2014-06-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/74717
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : perl-YAML-LibYAML (openSUSE-SU-2012:1000-1)