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general

source: yara (main)
version: 4.5.8-1
maintainer: Debian Security Tools (DMD)
uploaders: Hilko Bengen [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.3
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 4.0.5-1
oldstable: 4.2.3-4
old-bpo: 4.5.2-1~bpo12+1
stable: 4.5.2-1
testing: 4.5.8-1
unstable: 4.5.8-1

versioned links

4.0.5-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.2.3-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.5.2-1~bpo12+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.5.2-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.5.8-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libyara-dev
libyara10
yara
yara-doc

action needed

Problems while searching for a new upstream version high

uscan had problems while searching for a new upstream version:

In watchfile debian/watch, reading webpage
  https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/tags failed: 500 Can't connect to github.com:443 (Temporary failure in name resolution)

Created: 2026-10-17 Last update: 2026-10-20 00:30

2 security issues in sid high

There are 2 open security issues in sid.

2 important issues:

CVE-2026-88340: An invalid pointer release vulnerability exists in YARA 4.5.8 during deserialization of compiled .yrc rule files. The vulnerability is caused by insufficient validation of external-variable pointers, which may lead to invalid free in yr_rules_destroy() or wild pointer access in yr_object_create(). An attacker can provide a specially crafted .yrc file that causes memory corruption and application crash.
CVE-2026-88341: A reachable assertion vulnerability exists in YARA 4.5.8 when loading crafted .yrc compiled rule files. An attacker can provide a malicious file with an invalid arena configuration (num_buffers=0) that triggers an assertion failure in yr_arena_get_ptr(), causing the application to terminate.

Created: 2026-09-23 Last update: 2026-10-04 01:32

2 security issues in forky high

There are 2 open security issues in forky.

2 important issues:

CVE-2026-88340: An invalid pointer release vulnerability exists in YARA 4.5.8 during deserialization of compiled .yrc rule files. The vulnerability is caused by insufficient validation of external-variable pointers, which may lead to invalid free in yr_rules_destroy() or wild pointer access in yr_object_create(). An attacker can provide a specially crafted .yrc file that causes memory corruption and application crash.
CVE-2026-88341: A reachable assertion vulnerability exists in YARA 4.5.8 when loading crafted .yrc compiled rule files. An attacker can provide a malicious file with an invalid arena configuration (num_buffers=0) that triggers an assertion failure in yr_arena_get_ptr(), causing the application to terminate.

Created: 2026-09-23 Last update: 2026-10-04 01:32

2 low-priority security issues in trixie low

There are 2 open security issues in trixie.

2 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2026-88340: (needs triaging) An invalid pointer release vulnerability exists in YARA 4.5.8 during deserialization of compiled .yrc rule files. The vulnerability is caused by insufficient validation of external-variable pointers, which may lead to invalid free in yr_rules_destroy() or wild pointer access in yr_object_create(). An attacker can provide a specially crafted .yrc file that causes memory corruption and application crash.
CVE-2026-88341: (needs triaging) A reachable assertion vulnerability exists in YARA 4.5.8 when loading crafted .yrc compiled rule files. An attacker can provide a malicious file with an invalid arena configuration (num_buffers=0) that triggers an assertion failure in yr_arena_get_ptr(), causing the application to terminate.

You can find information about how to handle these issues in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2026-09-23 Last update: 2026-10-04 01:32

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.7.3).

Created: 2026-03-31 Last update: 2026-07-29 06:00

testing migrations

This package will soon be part of the auto-openssl transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.

news

[2026-08-03] yara 4.5.8-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-07-28] Accepted yara 4.5.8-1 (source) into unstable (Hilko Bengen)
[2026-06-27] yara 4.5.7-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-06-21] Accepted yara 4.5.7-1 (source) into unstable (Hilko Bengen)
[2026-06-07] yara 4.5.6-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-05-31] Accepted yara 4.5.6-1 (source) into unstable (Hilko Bengen)
[2026-02-21] yara 4.5.5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-08] Accepted yara 4.5.5-1 (source) into unstable (Hilko Bengen)
[2025-08-13] yara 4.5.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-07-29] Accepted yara 4.5.4-1 (source) into unstable (Hilko Bengen)
[2025-05-25] Accepted yara 4.5.3-1 (source) into unstable (Hilko Bengen)
[2024-09-20] Accepted yara 4.5.2-1~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Hilko Bengen)
[2024-09-16] yara 4.5.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-10] Accepted yara 4.5.2-1 (source) into unstable (Hilko Bengen)
[2024-05-31] yara 4.5.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-26] Accepted yara 4.5.1-1~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Hilko Bengen)
[2024-05-26] Accepted yara 4.5.1-1 (source) into unstable (Hilko Bengen)
[2024-05-15] Accepted yara 4.5.0-1~bpo12+1 (source amd64 all) into stable-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Hilko Bengen)
[2024-02-19] yara 4.5.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-02-13] Accepted yara 4.5.0-1 (source) into unstable (Hilko Bengen)
[2023-09-22] yara 4.4.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-09-16] Accepted yara 4.4.0-1 (source) into unstable (Hilko Bengen)
[2023-06-20] yara 4.3.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-06-12] Accepted yara 4.3.2-1 (source) into unstable (Hilko Bengen)
[2023-03-24] Accepted yara 4.3.0-1 (source amd64 all) into experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Hilko Bengen)
[2023-01-25] yara 4.2.3-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-23] Accepted yara 4.2.3-4 (source) into unstable (Hilko Bengen)
[2023-01-02] yara 4.2.3-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-12-28] Accepted yara 4.2.3-3 (source) into unstable (Hilko Bengen)
[2022-12-27] Accepted yara 4.2.3-2 (source) into unstable (Hilko Bengen)

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bugs [bug history graph]

all: 2
RC: 0
I&N: 1
M&W: 1
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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