NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting yara package, versions <3.5.0+dfsg-9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.55% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-YARA-296523
  • published3 Apr 2017
  • disclosed3 Apr 2017

Introduced: 3 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-10210  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable yara to version 3.5.0+dfsg-9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream yara package and not the yara package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

libyara/lexer.l in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted rule that is mishandled in the yy_get_next_buffer function.