| Name | CVE-2020-1747 |
| Description | A vulnerability was discovered in the PyYAML library in versions before 5.3.1, where it is susceptible to arbitrary code execution when it processes untrusted YAML files through the full_load method or with the FullLoader loader. Applications that use the library to process untrusted input may be vulnerable to this flaw. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the system by abusing the python/object/new constructor. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 953013 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pyyaml (PTS) | buster | 3.13-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.3.1-5 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.0-3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 6.0.1-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| pyyaml | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| pyyaml | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| pyyaml | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| pyyaml | source | (unstable) | 5.3-2 | | | 953013 |
Notes
[buster] - pyyaml <not-affected> (Loader/Constructor classes are unsafe in this version)
[stretch] - pyyaml <not-affected> (Loader/Constructor classes are unsafe in this version)
[jessie] - pyyaml <not-affected> (Loader/Constructor classes are unsafe in this version)
https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/pull/386