CVE-2018-12565 Deserialization in n/a

What is CVE-2018-12565?

CVE-2018-12565 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Jun 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Linaro LAVA before 2018.5.post1. Because of use of yaml.load() instead of yaml.safe_load() when parsing user data, remote code execution can occur.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12565?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linaro Lava.

How do I fix CVE-2018-12565?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2018-12565 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12565 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12565, GHSA-7j9p-5m8p-c6xp.