CVE-2012-1152

NameCVE-2012-1152
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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2432-1
Debian Bugs661548

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libyaml-libyaml-perl (PTS)buster0.76+repack-1fixed
bullseye0.82+repack-1fixed
bookworm0.86+ds-1fixed
sid, trixie0.89+ds-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libyaml-libyaml-perlsourcesqueeze0.33-1+squeeze1DSA-2432-1
libyaml-libyaml-perlsource(unstable)0.38-2661548

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