CVE-2020-1747

Name
CVE-2020-1747
Description
A vulnerability was discovered in the PyYAML library in versions before 5.3.1, where it is susceptible to arbitrary code execution when it processes untrusted YAML files through the full_load method or with the FullLoader loader. Applications that use the library to process untrusted input may be vulnerable to this flaw. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the system by abusing the python/object/new constructor.
NVD Severity
high
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1747
Patch https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/pull/386
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WORRFHPQVAFKKXXWLSSW6XKUYLWM6CSH/
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZBJA3SGNJKCAYPSHOHWY3KBCWNM5NYK2/
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K5HEPD7LEVDPCITY5IMDYWXUMX37VFMY/
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00017.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00017.html
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MMQXSZXNJT6ERABJZAAICI3DQSQLCP3D/
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7PPAS6C4SZRDQLR7C22A5U3QOLXY33JX/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:pyyaml:pyyaml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* pyyaml >= 5.1 < 5.3.1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status