CVE-2017-8829

Published: May 8, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

Deserialization vulnerability in lintian through 2.5.50.3 allows attackers to trigger code execution by requesting a review of a source package with a crafted YAML file.

Affected (1)

Products: Debian: Lintian

Debian

1 product

Lintian

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Lintian	Up to 2.5.50.3

Related CWEs

CWE-502

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid.

References (2)

https://bugs.debian.org/861958

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://bugs.debian.org/861958

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

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