USN-4569-1

It was discovered that Yaws did not properly sanitize XML input. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to execute an XML External Entity (XXE) injection attack. (CVE-2020-24379)

It was discovered that Yaws mishandled certain input when running CGI scripts. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2020-24916)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / yaws

Package

Name: yaws
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/yaws@2.0.4+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.0.4+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.4+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.4+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "erlang-yapp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.4+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "erlang-yaws"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.4+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "yaws"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.4+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "yaws-chat"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.4+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "yaws-mail"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.4+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "yaws-wiki"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.4+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "yaws-yapp"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4569-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2020-24379",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2020-24916",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}