High, CVSS 8.6PyPIAmendedPublished
OISF suricata-update unsafely deserializes YAML data
CVE-2018-1000167 · GHSA-7c4h-w765-6pwg
- Affected
- PyPI suricata-update <= 1.0.0a1
- Fixed in
- 1.0.0b1· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Suricata-Update uses the insecure yaml.load() function. Code will be executed if the yaml-file contains lines like: 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.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.0.0b1 (pre-release) or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.