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Unscored USN-8995-1 2 CVEs

yaws vulnerabilities

Published Nov 3, 2026 · Updated Nov 4, 2026

Summary

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)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS yaws 2.0.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS yaws 2.0.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-24379
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-24916