Bug 1461297 (CVE-2017-2810) - CVE-2017-2810 python-tablib: Databook loading functionality allows command execution
Summary: CVE-2017-2810 python-tablib: Databook loading functionality allows command ex...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2017-2810
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1461298 1461299 1463481
Blocks: 1461304
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-06-14 07:23 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2021-02-17 02:02 UTC (History)
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It was found that loading a yaml format Databook from an untrusted source could lead to arbitrary code execution in python-tablib as the safe_load method was not used to load the content.
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Last Closed: 2017-09-12 21:58:01 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-06-14 07:23:06 UTC 
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the Databook loading functionality of Tablib. A yaml loaded Databook can execute arbitrary python commands resulting in command execution. An attacker can insert python into loaded yaml to trigger this vulnerability.

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https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0307
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-06-14 07:24:10 UTC 
Created python-tablib tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-6 [bug 1461298]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1461299]
Comment 3 Garth Mollett 2017-06-21 04:56:30 UTC 
Statement:

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact in Red Hat OpenStack Platform. While the code is present in the python-tablib package, it is not reachable in any supported configuration. There is currently no plan to address this flaw in any supported version of Red Hat OpenStack platform.
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