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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.

Published

2014-07-03T14:55:07.537

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	christos_zoulas	file	≤ 5.18	Yes
Application	christos_zoulas	file	5.00	Yes
Application	christos_zoulas	file	5.01	Yes
Application	christos_zoulas	file	5.02	Yes
Application	christos_zoulas	file	5.03	Yes
Application	christos_zoulas	file	5.04	Yes
Application	christos_zoulas	file	5.05	Yes
Application	christos_zoulas	file	5.06	Yes
Application	christos_zoulas	file	5.07	Yes
Application	christos_zoulas	file	5.08	Yes
Application	christos_zoulas	file	5.09	Yes
Application	christos_zoulas	file	5.10	Yes
Application	christos_zoulas	file	5.11	Yes
Application	christos_zoulas	file	5.12	Yes
Application	christos_zoulas	file	5.13	Yes
Application	christos_zoulas	file	5.14	Yes
Application	christos_zoulas	file	5.15	Yes
Application	christos_zoulas	file	5.16	Yes
Application	christos_zoulas	file	5.17	Yes
Application	php	php	< 5.4.32	Yes
Application	php	php	< 5.5.16	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/60696 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3008 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68348 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1098222 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/file/file/commit/4a284c89d6ef11aca34da65da7d673050a5ea320 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/file/file/commit/69a5a43b3b71f53b0577f41264a073f495799610 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/file/file/commit/71a8b6c0d758acb0f73e2e51421a711b5e9d6668 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/file/file/commit/74cafd7de9ec99a14f4480927580e501c8f852c3 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/file/file/commit/758e066df72fb1ac08d2eea91ddc3973d259e991 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/HT204659 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60696 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3008 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68348 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1098222 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/file/file/commit/4a284c89d6ef11aca34da65da7d673050a5ea320 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/file/file/commit/69a5a43b3b71f53b0577f41264a073f495799610 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/file/file/commit/71a8b6c0d758acb0f73e2e51421a711b5e9d6668 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/file/file/commit/74cafd7de9ec99a14f4480927580e501c8f852c3 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/file/file/commit/758e066df72fb1ac08d2eea91ddc3973d259e991 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/HT204659 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)