CVE-2012-1152

Published: Sep 9, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-134

5.0MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-134

Affected Products

ingy

individual-dev

yaml\Library

OSS Libraries / generic-library

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Exploitability

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References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=661548

bugs.debian.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077004.html

lists.fedoraproject.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077023.html

lists.fedoraproject.org

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