PYSEC-2017-79

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    PYSEC-2017-79

    Published: 10 Nov 2017Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023

    Summary:

    Details: An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in the read_yaml_file method in io_utils.py in django_make_app 0.1.3. A YAML parser can execute arbitrary Python commands resulting in command execution. An attacker can insert Python into loaded YAML to trigger this vulnerability.

    References: https://github.com/illagrenan/django-make-app/issues/5, https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/12/cve-2017-16764-vulnerability-in-django-make-app/, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9pv8-q5rx-c8gq

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: django-make-app

    Purl: pkg:pypi/django-make-app

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0.1.0.1
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.0.1
    0.1.1
    0.1.2
    0.1.2.1
    0.1.3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High