Vulnerability CVE-2017-18342
Published: 2018-06-27

Description:
In PyYAML before 4.1, the yaml.load() API could execute arbitrary code. In other words, yaml.safe_load is not used.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Pyyaml project -> Pyyaml 

 References:
https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/blob/master/CHANGES
https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/pull/74
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JEX7IPV5P2QJITAMA5Z63GQCZA5I6NVZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KSQQMRUQSXBSUXLCRD3TSZYQ7SEZRKCE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6JCFGEIEOFMWWIXGHSELMKQDD4CV2BA/
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