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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2020.0155
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2020-0155)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'python-yaml' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2020-0155 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'python-yaml' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2020-0155 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Updated python-yaml packages fix security vulnerability:

A vulnerability was discovered in the PyYAML library, 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 (CVE-2020-1747).

Affected Software/OS:
'python-yaml' package(s) on Mageia 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-1747
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1747
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WORRFHPQVAFKKXXWLSSW6XKUYLWM6CSH/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZBJA3SGNJKCAYPSHOHWY3KBCWNM5NYK2/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K5HEPD7LEVDPCITY5IMDYWXUMX37VFMY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MMQXSZXNJT6ERABJZAAICI3DQSQLCP3D/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7PPAS6C4SZRDQLR7C22A5U3QOLXY33JX/
https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/pull/386
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0507 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00017.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0630 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00017.html
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