CVE-2014-3538

file: unrestricted regular expression matching

Published Jul 3, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 11.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-50-1 file security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-67-1 php5 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3008-1 php5 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3008-2 php5 regression update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3021-1 file security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3021-2 file regression update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-3533 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2278-1 file vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 10:50 AM
Reserved
May 14, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 3, 2014, 2:55 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:08 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 27, 2014, 12:00 AM