Source: yara Version: 3.5.0+dfsg-9 Severity: important Tags: patch security upstream Forwarded: https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/646
Hi, the following vulnerability was published for yara. CVE-2017-8294[0]: | 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. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8294 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8294 [1] https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/646 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed, only sid has been checked source-code wise. Regards, Salvatore _______________________________________________ forensics-devel mailing list forensics-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/forensics-devel
