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CVE-2014-3538

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.3
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
10.666

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
(RHSA-2016:0760) Moderate: file security, bug fix, and enhancement update file-5.04-30.el6.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:0760) Moderate: file security, bug fix, and enhancement update file-5.04-30.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:0760) Moderate: file security, bug fix, and enhancement update file-devel-5.04-30.el6.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:0760) Moderate: file security, bug fix, and enhancement update file-devel-5.04-30.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:0760) Moderate: file security, bug fix, and enhancement update file-libs-5.04-30.el6.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:0760) Moderate: file security, bug fix, and enhancement update file-libs-5.04-30.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:0760) Moderate: file security, bug fix, and enhancement update file-static-5.04-30.el6.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:0760) Moderate: file security, bug fix, and enhancement update file-static-5.04-30.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:0760) Moderate: file security, bug fix, and enhancement update python-magic-5.04-30.el6.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2016:0760) Moderate: file security, bug fix, and enhancement update python-magic-5.04-30.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
File update (ELSA-2016-0760) file-5.04-30.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
File-devel update (ELSA-2016-0760) file-devel-5.04-30.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
File-libs update (ELSA-2016-0760) file-libs-5.04-30.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
File-static update (ELSA-2016-0760) file-static-5.04-30.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
Python-magic update (ELSA-2016-0760) python-magic-5.04-30.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
File update (ELSA-2016-0760) file-5.04-30.el6.i686.rpmLinux
File-devel update (ELSA-2016-0760) file-devel-5.04-30.el6.i686.rpmLinux
File-libs update (ELSA-2016-0760) file-libs-5.04-30.el6.i686.rpmLinux
File-static update (ELSA-2016-0760) file-static-5.04-30.el6.i686.rpmLinux
Python-magic update (ELSA-2016-0760) python-magic-5.04-30.el6.i686.rpmLinux
(CESA-2016:0760) Moderate: file security, bug fix, and enhancement update file-5.04-30.el6.i686.rpmLinux
(CESA-2016:0760) Moderate: file security, bug fix, and enhancement update file-devel-5.04-30.el6.i686.rpmLinux
(CESA-2016:0760) Moderate: file security, bug fix, and enhancement update file-libs-5.04-30.el6.i686.rpmLinux
(CESA-2016:0760) Moderate: file security, bug fix, and enhancement update file-static-5.04-30.el6.i686.rpmLinux
(CESA-2016:0760) Moderate: file security, bug fix, and enhancement update python-magic-5.04-30.el6.i686.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234