Candidate: CVE-2017-8294
PublicDate: 2017-04-27 14:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8294
 https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/646
 https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/83d799804648c2a0895d40a19835d9b757c6fa4e
Description:
 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.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
Bugs:
Priority: medium
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H [7.5 HIGH]

Patches_yara:
upstream_yara: released (3.6.0+dfsg-1)
precise_yara: DNE
precise/esm_yara: DNE
trusty_yara: ignored (reached end-of-life)
trusty/esm_yara: DNE (trusty was needed)
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_yara: DNE
vivid/ubuntu-core_yara: DNE
xenial_yara: ignored (end of standard support, was needed)
yakkety_yara: ignored (reached end-of-life)
zesty_yara: ignored (reached end-of-life)
artful_yara: ignored (reached end-of-life)
bionic_yara: not-affected (3.7.1-1ubuntu2)
cosmic_yara: not-affected (3.7.1-1ubuntu2)
disco_yara: not-affected (3.7.1-1ubuntu2)
eoan_yara: not-affected (3.7.1-1ubuntu2)
focal_yara: not-affected (3.7.1-1ubuntu2)
groovy_yara: not-affected (3.7.1-1ubuntu2)
hirsute_yara: not-affected (3.7.1-1ubuntu2)
impish_yara: not-affected (3.7.1-1ubuntu2)
jammy_yara: not-affected (3.7.1-1ubuntu2)
devel_yara: not-affected (3.7.1-1ubuntu2)