| Name | CVE-2021-45429 |
| Description | A Buffer Overflow vulnerablity exists in VirusTotal YARA git commit: 605b2edf07ed8eb9a2c61ba22eb2e7c362f47ba7 via yr_set_configuration in yara/libyara/libyara.c, which could cause a Denial of Service. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| yara (PTS) | jessie | 3.1.0-2+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 3.5.0+dfsg-9 | vulnerable |
| buster | 3.9.0-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 4.0.5-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 4.2.3-4 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.5.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| yara | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| yara | source | (unstable) | 4.2.0-1 | | | |
Notes
[bullseye] - yara <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - yara <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - yara <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/1616
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/a36b497926b141624ea673111a101e9ddd7ac2eb (v4.2.0-rc1)