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Unscored USN-2461-3 1 CVE

pyyaml vulnerability

Published Jan 12, 2015 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

Stanisław Pitucha and Jonathan Gray discovered that PyYAML did not
properly handle wrapped strings. An attacker could create specially
crafted YAML data to trigger an assert, causing a denial of service.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS pyyaml 3.10-4ubuntu0.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9130