CVE-2020-10289

NameCVE-2020-10289
DescriptionUse of unsafe yaml load. Allows instantiation of arbitrary objects. The flaw itself is caused by an unsafe parsing of YAML values which happens whenever an action message is processed to be sent, and allows for the creation of Python objects. Through this flaw in the ROS core package of actionlib, an attacker with local or remote access can make the ROS Master, execute arbitrary code in Python form. Consider yaml.safe_load() instead. Located first in actionlib/tools/library.py:132. See links for more info on the bug.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2357-1
Debian Bugs968830

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ros-actionlib (PTS)buster1.11.15-1+deb10u1fixed
bullseye1.13.2-6fixed
bookworm1.14.0-6fixed
sid, trixie1.14.0-7fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ros-actionlibsourcestretch1.11.7-1+deb9u1DLA-2357-1
ros-actionlibsourcebuster1.11.15-1+deb10u1
ros-actionlibsource(unstable)1.13.1-4968830

Notes

https://github.com/ros/actionlib/pull/171

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