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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9438

libyara/re.c in the regexp module in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted rule (involving...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

libyara/re.c in the regexp module in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted rule (involving hex strings) that is mishandled in the _yr_re_emit function, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-9304.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 yara

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.6.1+dfsg-1"}]}]

Debian:13 yara

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.6.1+dfsg-1"}]}]

Debian:14 yara

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.6.1+dfsg-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org