CVE-2014-3538

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3538

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2014-3538.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2014-3538

Related

Published

2014-07-03T14:55:07Z

Modified

2024-09-18T01:00:22Z

Summary

[none]

Details

file before 5.19 does not properly restrict the amount of data read during a regex search, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted file that triggers backtracking during processing of an awk rule. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7345.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / file

Package

Name: file
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/file?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:5.19-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / file

Package

Name: file
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/file?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:5.19-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / file

Package

Name: file
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/file?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:5.19-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}