USN-8995-1

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    USN-8995-1

    Published: 3 Nov 2026Last Modified: 4 Nov 2026

    Summary: yaws vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that Yaws did not properly sanitize XML input in its WebDAV implementation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform XML external entity injection attacks. (CVE-2020-24379) It was discovered that Yaws mishandled certain input when running CGI scripts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2020-24916)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8995-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-24379, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-24916

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: yaws

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/yaws?arch=source&distro=esm-apps-legacy%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    1.98-5

    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
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