Mageia 6: MGASA-2019-0125 Critical: Python-YAML Arbitrary Code Execution
mageia
April 5, 2019
It was found that using yaml.load() API on untrusted input could lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2017-18342)
Summary
It was found that using yaml.load() API on untrusted input could lead to
arbitrary code execution (CVE-2017-18342).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23242
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/JEX7IPV5P2QJITAMA5Z63GQCZA5I6NVZ/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18342
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 6/core/python-yaml-5.1-1.1.mga6
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Publication date: 05 Apr 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0125.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2017-18342
Topics Covered
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