CVE-2019-25777

NameCVE-2019-25777
DescriptionYAML versions before 1.27_001 for Perl allow a loaded perl/glob document to replace any package variable, which can lead to arbitrary code execution. A perl/glob document names a package and a symbol, and supplies the value assigned to it. Nothing restricts the name, so the target can be @INC or YAML's own load options. A perl/glob document that sets $YAML::LoadCode or $YAML::UseCode turns on code loading, which is off by default, for every later Load() in the process. A perl/code document is then passed to a string eval, so an attacker who supplies two documents to separate Load() calls in one process can execute arbitrary Perl code.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libyaml-perl (PTS)bookworm1.30-2fixed
trixie1.31-1fixed
forky, sid1.321-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libyaml-perlsource(unstable)1.29-1

Notes

https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/44090805/
https://github.com/ingydotnet/yaml-pm/issues/212
Fixed by: https://github.com/ingydotnet/yaml-pm/commit/bace96b5e6661d521c7c515c94a09e081c911fce (1.27_001)

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