openSUSE Leap 15.2: snakeyaml Important Entity Expansion Issue 2021:0855-1
opensuse
September 26, 2025
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.
Description
This update for snakeyaml fixes the following issues:
- Upgrade to 1.28
- CVE-2017-18640: The Alias feature allows entity expansion during a loa=
d
operation (bsc#1159488, bsc#1186088)
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended instal=
lation methods
like YaST online=5Fupdate or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 15.2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-855=3D1
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (noarch):
snakeyaml-1.28-lp152.2.3.1
snakeyaml-javadoc-1.28-lp152.2.3.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18640.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1159488
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186088
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0855-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
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le.
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