Use After Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package yara  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-YARA-296514
  • published14 May 2017
  • disclosed14 May 2017

Introduced: 14 May 2017

CVE-2017-8929  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream yara package and not the yara package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The sized_string_cmp function in libyara/sizedstr.c in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted rule.