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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-2810: Tablib: Arbitrary command execution

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-2810: Tablib: Arbitrary command execution

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/14/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
11/27/2018
Modified
11/27/2018

Description

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the Databook loading functionality of Tablib 0.11.4. A yaml loaded Databook can execute arbitrary python commands resulting in command execution. An attacker can insert python into loaded yaml to trigger this vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-python-tablib

References

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