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openSUSE Security Update : snakeyaml (openSUSE-2021-855)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150471

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for snakeyaml fixes the following issues :

 - Upgrade to 1.28

 - CVE-2017-18640: The Alias feature allows entity expansion during a load operation (bsc#1159488, bsc#1186088)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected snakeyaml packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1159488

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1186088

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150471

File Name: openSUSE-2021-855.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/10/2021

Updated: 12/27/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18640

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:snakeyaml, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:snakeyaml-javadoc, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18640