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F5 Networks: CVE-2017-18342: K000139901: PyYAML vulnerability CVE-2017-18342

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F5 Networks: CVE-2017-18342: K000139901: PyYAML vulnerability CVE-2017-18342

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/27/2018
Created
06/07/2024
Added
06/06/2024
Modified
07/30/2024

Description

In PyYAML before 5.1, the yaml.load() API could execute arbitrary code if used with untrusted data. The load() function has been deprecated in version 5.1 and the 'UnsafeLoader' has been introduced for backward compatibility with the function.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

References

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