5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.018 Low
EPSS
Percentile
87.9%
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.
Author | Note |
---|---|
mdeslaur | This fix introduces new functionnality and is too intrusive to backport to lucid. |
mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/7
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1098222
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-3538
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3538
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3538
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2278-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3538