A snakeyaml security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.3.

openSUSE-SU-2021:1876-1: important: Security update for snakeyaml

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for snakeyaml
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1876-1
Rating: important
References: #1159488 #1186088
Cross-References: CVE-2017-18640
CVSS scores:
CVE-2017-18640 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2017-18640 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.3
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An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
is now available.

Description:

This update for snakeyaml fixes the following issues:

- Upgrade to 1.28
- CVE-2017-18640: The Alias feature allows entity expansion during a load
operation (bsc#1159488, bsc#1186088)

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-1876=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch):

snakeyaml-1.28-3.5.1
snakeyaml-javadoc-1.28-3.5.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18640.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1159488
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186088