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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3115-1 (pyyaml - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Jonathan Gray and Stanislaw Pitucha found an assertion failure in the way wrapped strings are parsed in Python-YAML, a YAML parser and emitter for Python. An attacker able to load specially crafted YAML input into an application using python-yaml could cause the application to crash.
Affected Software
Affected Software
pyyaml on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.10-4+deb7u1. For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.11-2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.11-2. We recommend that you upgrade your pyyaml packages.