PyYAML 5.1 through 5.1.2 has insufficient restrictions on the load and load_all functions because of a class deserialization issue, e.g., Popen is a c...
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2019-20477 pyyaml Fixed in: 5.2-1
Original description The description as published by the source.
PyYAML 5.1 through 5.1.2 has insufficient restrictions on the load and load_all functions because of a class deserialization issue, e.g., Popen is a class in the subprocess module. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-18342.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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