UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18342

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18342
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18342.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18342
Related
Published
2018-06-27T12:29:00Z
Modified
2018-06-27T12:29:00Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In PyYAML before 5.1, the yaml.load() API could execute arbitrary code if used with untrusted data. The load() function has been deprecated in version 5.1 and the 'UnsafeLoader' has been introduced for backward compatibility with the function.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / pyyaml

Package

Name
pyyaml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pyyaml?arch=src?distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.10-4build2
3.10-4build3
3.10-4build4
3.10-4ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / pyyaml

Package

Name
pyyaml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pyyaml?arch=src?distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.11-2build1
3.11-3
3.11-3build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / pyyaml

Package

Name
pyyaml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pyyaml?arch=src?distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.12-1build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / pyyaml

Package

Name
pyyaml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pyyaml?arch=src?distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.1.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.1.2-1",
            "binary_name": "python-yaml"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.1.2-1",
            "binary_name": "python-yaml-dbg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.1.2-1",
            "binary_name": "python3-yaml"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.1.2-1",
            "binary_name": "python3-yaml-dbg"
        }
    ]
}