Improper Input Validation Affecting pyyaml package, versions <3.11-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.78% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-PYYAML-5693926
  • published8 Dec 2014
  • disclosed8 Dec 2014

Introduced: 8 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-9130  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 pyyaml to version 3.11-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pyyaml package and not the pyyaml package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

scanner.c in LibYAML 0.1.5 and 0.1.6, as used in the YAML-LibYAML (aka YAML-XS) module for Perl, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and crash) via vectors involving line-wrapping.

References

CVSS Scores

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