CVE-2014-3538

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.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/file/file/commit/4a284c89d6ef11aca34da65da7d673050a5ea320	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/file/file/commit/758e066df72fb1ac08d2eea91ddc3973d259e991	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/file/file/commit/69a5a43b3b71f53b0577f41264a073f495799610	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/file/file/commit/74cafd7de9ec99a14f4480927580e501c8f852c3	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1098222	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/7	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/file/file/commit/71a8b6c0d758acb0f73e2e51421a711b5e9d6668	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3008	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT204659	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68348	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/60696	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.00:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.04:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.07:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.02:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.03:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.11:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.16:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.12:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.17:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.05:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.13:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.14:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.01:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.08:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.06:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.15:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.09:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:php:php::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php::::::::

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2014-07-03 07:55

Updated : 2023-01-19 08:34

NVD link : CVE-2014-3538

Mitre link : CVE-2014-3538

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

php

christos_zoulas

file

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