{"id":"USN-2461-3","summary":"pyyaml vulnerability","details":"Stanisław Pitucha and Jonathan Gray discovered that PyYAML did not\nproperly handle wrapped strings. An attacker could create specially\ncrafted YAML data to trigger an assert, causing a denial of service.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:51Z","published":"2015-01-12T22:12:40Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9130"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-9130","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9130"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2461-3"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9130"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pyyaml","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pyyaml@3.10-4ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.10-4ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["3.10-4build2","3.10-4build3","3.10-4build4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"3.10-4ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"python-yaml"},{"binary_version":"3.10-4ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"python3-yaml"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2014-9130"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2461-3.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}