PYSEC-2018-49

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2018-06-27 12:29 - Updated: 2021-07-05 00:01
VLAI?
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.

Impacted products
Name purl
pyyaml pkg:pypi/pyyaml
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "pyyaml",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/pyyaml"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.01",
        "3.02",
        "3.03",
        "3.04",
        "3.05",
        "3.06",
        "3.07",
        "3.08",
        "3.09",
        "3.10",
        "3.11",
        "3.12",
        "3.13",
        "3.13b1",
        "3.13rc1",
        "4.2b1",
        "4.2b2",
        "4.2b4",
        "5.1b1",
        "5.1b3",
        "5.1b5",
        "5.1b7"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-18342",
    "GHSA-rprw-h62v-c2w7"
  ],
  "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 \u0027UnsafeLoader\u0027 has been introduced for backward compatibility with the function.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2018-49",
  "modified": "2021-07-05T00:01:25.530537Z",
  "published": "2018-06-27T12:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/pull/74"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/blob/master/CHANGES"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6JCFGEIEOFMWWIXGHSELMKQDD4CV2BA/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KSQQMRUQSXBSUXLCRD3TSZYQ7SEZRKCE/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JEX7IPV5P2QJITAMA5Z63GQCZA5I6NVZ/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/wiki/PyYAML-yaml.load(input)-Deprecation"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/marshmallow-code/apispec/issues/278"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/193"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-45"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rprw-h62v-c2w7"
    }
  ]
}


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