CVE-2019-25777 is listed by USN-8925-1: YAML-LibYAML vulnerabilities.

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1. Oct 14, 2026 · Ubuntu Security Notices

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   Dominique Dumont discovered that YAML-LibYAML did not correctly handle certain reflection operations. If a user or system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to delete files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-20285) It was discovered that YAML-LibYAML did not correctly handle parsing certain documents

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• Ubuntu Security NoticesVendor advisoryCVE-2019-25777

  Dominique Dumont discovered that YAML-LibYAML did not correctly handle certain reflection operations. If a user or system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to delete files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and U

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