GHSA-7c4h-w765-6pwgHighCVSS 7.8
OISF suricata-update unsafely deserializes YAML data
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Suricata-Update uses the insecure yaml.load() function. Code will be executed if the yaml-file contains lines like:
hello: !!python/object/apply:os.system ['ls -l > /tmp/output']
The vulnerable function can be triggered by "suricata-update list-sources". The locally stored index.yaml will be loaded in this function and the malicious code gets executed.
🎯 Affected products1
- pip/suricata-update:<= 1.0.0a1
🔗 References (7)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000167
- https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/2359
- https://tech.feedyourhead.at/content/remote-code-execution-in-suricata-update
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata-update/pull/23
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata-update/commit/76270e73128ca1299b4e33e7e2a74ac3d963a97a
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/suricata-update/PYSEC-2018-75.yaml
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7c4h-w765-6pwg