CVE-2012-1152

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    CVE-2012-1152

    Published: 9 Sept 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/48317, http://secunia.com/advisories/50277, http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2432, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=801738, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=661548, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077004.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077023.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077782.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00029.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00078.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/09/6, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/10/4, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52381, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73856, https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=46507, https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=75365

    Affected packages

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High