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CVE-2017-18342

Transitive

Safety vulnerability ID: 41367

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Created at Jun 27, 2018 Updated at Dec 05, 2024
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Advisory

Press 0.5.8 includes a fix for the function 'configuration_from_yaml' in 'press/configuration/util.py'. It used the unsafe yaml.load(), that allows instantiation of arbitrary objects. Consider yaml.safe_load().
https://github.com/jr0d/press/commit/c641f54ed39d1c3a335cd967954760ede9454052#diff-482d133cd7fc1e6dde3facc3af875192a5f8397fa3054ff21956c05e1138f26f

Affected package

press

Latest version: 0.5.8

An OS image installer that supports custome partitioning, lvm, and software raid

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

Press version 0.5.8 includes a security patch for the function 'configuration_from_yaml' in 'press/configuration/util.py'. Use of unsafe yaml load. Allows instantiation of arbitrary objects. Consider yaml.safe_load(). See also: https://github.com/jr0d/press/commit/c641f54ed39d1c3a335cd967954760ede9454052#diff-482d133cd7fc1e6dde3facc3af875192a5f8397fa3054ff21956c05e1138f26f

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

CRITICAL 9.8

CVSS v3 Details

CRITICAL 9.8
Attack Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC)
LOW
Privileges Required (PR)
NONE
User Interaction (UI)
NONE
Scope (S)
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C)
HIGH
Integrity Impact (I)
HIGH
Availability Availability (A)
HIGH

CVSS v2 Details

HIGH 7.5
Access Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC)
LOW
Authentication (Au)
NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact (I)
PARTIAL
Availability Impact (A)
PARTIAL