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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-7177-1: YARA Denial of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey December 18, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Announcement USN-7178-1 addresses a vulnerability in Bind that impacts LTS releases, providing users with secure measures to rectify the issue.
YARA could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: YARA could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input. Software Description: - yara: Pattern matching swiss knife for malware researchers Details: 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.

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libyara8 4.1.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro yara 4.1.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7177-1

CVE-2021-45429

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7177-1

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