============================================================================ Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2461-2 January 12, 2015 libyaml-libyaml-perl vulnerability ============================================================================ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Applications using libyaml-libyaml-perl could be made to crash if they received specially crafted input. Software Description: - libyaml-libyaml-perl: Perl interface to libyaml, a YAML implementation Details: Stanislaw 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. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.10: libyaml-libyaml-perl 0.41-5ubuntu0.14.10.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libyaml-libyaml-perl 0.41-5ubuntu0.14.04.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libyaml-libyaml-perl 0.38-2ubuntu0.2 After a standard system update you need to restart applications using libyaml-libyaml-perl to make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2461-2 CVE-2014-9130 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libyaml-libyaml-perl/0.41-5ubuntu0.14.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libyaml-libyaml-perl/0.41-5ubuntu0.14.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libyaml-libyaml-perl/0.38-2ubuntu0.2