USN-7177-1

It was discovered that YARA did not properly sanitize its configuration settings. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS / yara

Package

Name: yara
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/yara@4.1.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/jammy

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.1.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

4.*

4.1.0-1

4.1.3-1

4.1.3-1build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.1.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libyara-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.1.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libyara8"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.1.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "yara"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2021-45429"
        }
    ]
}