UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5924

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5924
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5924.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5924
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Published
2017-04-03T05:59:00Z
Modified
2026-03-10T05:50:24.747243Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

libyara/grammar.y in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted rule that is mishandled in the yrcompilerdestroy function.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / yara

Package

Name
yara
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/yara@3.4.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.4.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

3.*
3.4.0+dfsg-2
3.4.0+dfsg-2build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libyara-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libyara3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "python-yara"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "python3-yara"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "yara"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5924.json"