Add support for cross-rule references.
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- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 104
- Forks
- 17
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Description
It's possible to reference rules from other ones:
https://yara.readthedocs.io/en/stable/writingrules.html#referencing-other-rules
Example:
This results in a failure on save due to failed rule validation:
Which of course is due to the fact that the referenced rule is not available. Thinking the best way to handle this is to test rules along with all other released-state rules.
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First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the save-time rule validation path and inspect how released-state rules are loaded for validation. Use the YARA cross-rule reference example and reported failure as the reproduction target; done means a rule referencing another rule can be saved without validation failure.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100