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Unscored CVE-2017-5923 EUVD-2017-14998GHSA-x9r6-fxx3-q7m8

libyara/grammar.y in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds read and application crash) …

Published Apr 3, 2017 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

libyara/grammar.y in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted rule that is mishandled in the yara_yyparse function.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 yara 3.5.0+dfsg-9 —
Debian 13 yara 3.5.0+dfsg-9 —
Debian 12 yara 3.5.0+dfsg-9 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS yara 3.4.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 —

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