CVE-2017-9438

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-9438
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-05 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:50:00 UTC
Descriptionlibyara/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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-674

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Virustotal Yara 3.5.0 All All All
Application Virustotal Yara 3.5.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fix issue #674 for hex strings. · VirusTotal/yara@10e8bd3 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: yara-4.1.0-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: python-yara-4.1.0-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: yara-4.1.0-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Stack overflow in _yr_re_emit() · Issue #674 · VirusTotal/yara · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: python-yara-4.1.0-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 281241 Fedora Security Update for python (FEDORA-2021-f41d5fc954)
  • 281242 Fedora Security Update for python (FEDORA-2021-dd62918333)
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