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Bug 918545 (CVE-2023-40857) - app-forensics/yara: arbitrary code execution
Summary: app-forensics/yara: arbitrary code execution
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: CVE-2023-40857
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal major (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/is...
Whiteboard: B1 [ebuild]
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Reported: 2023-11-25 18:19 UTC by John Helmert III
Modified: 2023-11-25 18:25 UTC (History)
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Description John Helmert III archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2023-11-25 18:19:31 UTC 
CVE-2023-40857:

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in VirusTotal yara v.4.3.2 allows a remote attacker to execute arbtirary code via the yr_execute_cod function in the exe.c component.

Upstream says this is invalid since the vector here is crafted (ie
trusted) yara rules.