UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8829

Deserialization vulnerability in lintian through 2.5.50.3 allows attackers to trigger code execution by requesting a review of a source package with a crafted YAML file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / lintian

Package

Name: lintian
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/lintian@2.5.43ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.5.43ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.5.36.1ubuntu2

2.5.38.1ubuntu1

2.5.43~ubuntu1

2.5.43

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.43ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "lintian"
        }
    ]
}