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CVE-2014-3538

Date: July 3, 2014

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (27)

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3538

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1098222

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/7

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html

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

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

Url: http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html

Url: https://github.com/file/file/commit/4a284c89d6ef11aca34da65da7d673050a5ea320

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3008

Url: https://github.com/file/file/commit/69a5a43b3b71f53b0577f41264a073f495799610

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3538

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68348

Url: https://github.com/file/file/commit/74cafd7de9ec99a14f4480927580e501c8f852c3

Url: https://github.com/file/file/commit/71a8b6c0d758acb0f73e2e51421a711b5e9d6668

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT204659

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/60696

Url: https://github.com/file/file/commit/758e066df72fb1ac08d2eea91ddc3973d259e991

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-3538

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-3538

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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Date: July 3, 2014

Language: C

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