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CVE-2017-18640

CVE information

Published

4 years ago

Last Modified

4 months ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

CVSSv3.1 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

The Alias feature in SnakeYAML before 1.26 allows entity expansion during a load operation, a related issue to CVE-2003-1564..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
None

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.5/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
Impact Score
3.6/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
High
Integrity Impact
None
Scope
Unchanged
User Interaction
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:snakeyaml_project:snakeyaml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- 1.26
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:quarkus:quarkus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_pt_peopletools:8.56:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_pt_peopletools:8.57:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_pt_peopletools:8.58:*
  Yes
- -

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