{"id":"MGASA-2020-0155","summary":"Updated python-yaml packages fix security vulnerability","details":"Updated python-yaml packages fix security vulnerability:\n\nA vulnerability was discovered in the PyYAML library, where it is\nsusceptible to arbitrary code execution when it processes untrusted\nYAML files through the full_load method or with the FullLoader loader.\nApplications that use the library to process untrusted input may be\nvulnerable to this flaw. An attacker could use this flaw to execute\narbitrary code on the system by abusing the python/object/new\nconstructor (CVE-2020-1747).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T04:42:40.733847353Z","published":"2020-04-02T22:48:49Z","upstream":["CVE-2020-1747"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0155.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26405"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/WORRFHPQVAFKKXXWLSSW6XKUYLWM6CSH/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"python-yaml","ecosystem":"Mageia:7","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/python-yaml?arch=source&distro=mageia-7"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.3.1-1.mga7"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0155.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}