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.
Published: 2014-07-03
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 21.0% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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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Christos Zoulas File
Debian Debian Linux
Php Php
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Software Collections
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:50:16.893Z

Reserved: 2014-05-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-3538

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-07-03T14:55:07.537

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-3538

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-06-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-3538 - Bugzilla

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