Security update for python-PyYAML

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0925-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Public Cloud Module 12
  • SUSE Cloud for SLE 12 Compute Nodes 5
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 1.0 1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

python-PyYAML was updated to fix one security issue which could have allowed an attacker to cause a denial of service by supplying specially crafted strings

The following issue was fixed: - #921588: python-PyYAML: assert failure when processing wrapped strings (equivalent to CVE-2014-9130 in LibYAML)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Cloud for SLE 12 Compute Nodes 5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE12-CLOUD-5-2015-208=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-2015-208=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-2015-208=1
  • Public Cloud Module 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2015-208=1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 1.0 1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-1.0-2015-208=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Cloud for SLE 12 Compute Nodes 5 (x86_64)
    • python-PyYAML-debugsource-3.10-15.1
    • python-PyYAML-debuginfo-3.10-15.1
    • python-PyYAML-3.10-15.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 (s390x x86_64)
    • python-PyYAML-debugsource-3.10-15.1
    • python-PyYAML-debuginfo-3.10-15.1
    • python-PyYAML-3.10-15.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • python-PyYAML-debugsource-3.10-15.1
    • python-PyYAML-debuginfo-3.10-15.1
    • python-PyYAML-3.10-15.1
  • Public Cloud Module 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python-PyYAML-debugsource-3.10-15.1
    • python-PyYAML-debuginfo-3.10-15.1
    • python-PyYAML-3.10-15.1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 1.0 1 (x86_64)
    • python-PyYAML-debugsource-3.10-15.1
    • python-PyYAML-debuginfo-3.10-15.1
    • python-PyYAML-3.10-15.1

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