UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9465

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9465
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9465.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9465
Upstream
Published
2017-06-06T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:37:28.881966Z
Severity
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The yrarenawritedata function in YARA 3.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted file that is mishandled in the yrrefastexec function in libyara/re.c and the yrscanmatchcallback function in libyara/scan.c.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / yara

Package

Name
yara
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/yara@3.4.0+dfsg-2build1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.0+dfsg-2
3.4.0+dfsg-2build1

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / yara

Package

Name
yara
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/yara@3.7.1-1ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.7.1-1ubuntu2

Affected versions

3.*

3.6.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1
3.7.1-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libyara-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.7.1-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libyara3",
            "binary_version": "3.7.1-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libyara3-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "3.7.1-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "yara",
            "binary_version": "3.7.1-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "yara-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "3.7.1-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "yara-doc",
            "binary_version": "3.7.1-1ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}