Out-of-bounds Read Affecting yara package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-YARA-296501
- published27 Apr 2017
- disclosed27 Apr 2017
Introduced: 27 Apr 2017
CVE-2017-8294 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 yara.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream yara package and not the yara package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
libyara/re.c in the regex component in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted rule that is mishandled in the yr_re_exec function.