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FreeBSD: VID-F6EA18BB-65B9-11E9-8B31-002590045D9C (CVE-2017-18342): py-yaml -- arbitrary code execution

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FreeBSD: VID-F6EA18BB-65B9-11E9-8B31-002590045D9C (CVE-2017-18342): py-yaml -- arbitrary code execution

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/27/2018
Created
04/26/2019
Added
04/25/2019
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

In PyYAML before 4.1, the yaml.load() API could execute arbitrary code. In other words, yaml.safe_load is not used.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-py27-yaml
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-py35-yaml
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-py36-yaml
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-py37-yaml

References

  • CVE-2017-18342

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