SB2019080501 - Denial of service in Yara
Published: August 5, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019080501
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper Resource Shutdown or Release (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5020)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists in the object lookup functionality due to the software reads a negative value to satisfy an assert. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted binary file and cause a DoS condition on the targeted system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.