CVE-2014-9130 LibYAML vulnerability
Severity
Medium
Vendor
LibYAML
Versions Affected
- Cloud Foundry Ruby Buildpack versions prior to 1.6.25
Description
Stanisław Pitucha and Jonathan Gray discovered that LibYAML did not properly handle wrapped strings. An attacker could create specially crafted YAML data to trigger an assert, causing a denial of service.
Affected VMware Products and Versions
- Cloud Foundry Ruby Buildpack versions prior to 1.6.25
Mitigation
Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation:
- Upgrade the Ruby Buildpack to v1.6.25 [1] or later and restage all applications that use automated buildpack detection
Credit
Stanisław Pitucha and Jonathan Gray