CVE-2014-3538
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · CWE-399
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)12%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/7Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60696Advisory