Upstream information

CVE-2017-20285 at MITRE

Description

YAML versions before 1.30 for Perl allow a loaded document to trigger the DESTROY method of arbitrary classes.

A perl/hash:Class tag blesses a hash into the class it names. The document supplies the object's fields, and Perl calls DESTROY when it goes out of scope.

What DESTROY does depends on the classes the process has loaded. With File::Temp::Dir from core Perl, it can delete a directory tree the document names.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (CISA-ADP) SUSE
Base Score 9.1 7.1
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High None
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact None High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 6.9
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Passive
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1284169 [NEW]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 perl-YAML Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 perl-YAML Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 perl-YAML Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 perl-YAML Not affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 perl-YAML Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 perl-YAML Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 perl-YAML Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 perl-YAML Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 perl-YAML Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 perl-YAML Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 perl-YAML Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 perl-YAML Affected
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for NVIDIA 16.1 perl-YAML Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Oct 5 13:27:06 2026
CVE page last modified: Wed Oct 7 13:23:27 2026