Improper Resource Shutdown or Release in YARA - CVE-2019-5020
Published: August 5, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19932
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5020
CWE-ID: CWE-404
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VirusTotal
Affected software:
YARA
YARA
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5020
Install updates from vendor's website.