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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.8%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 11.81% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- christos zoulas/file · php/php · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.htmlBroken Link
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60696Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3008Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68348Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1098222Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/4a284c89d6ef11aca34da65da7d673050a5ea320Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/69a5a43b3b71f53b0577f41264a073f495799610Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/71a8b6c0d758acb0f73e2e51421a711b5e9d6668Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/74cafd7de9ec99a14f4480927580e501c8f852c3Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/758e066df72fb1ac08d2eea91ddc3973d259e991Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.htmlBroken Link
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60696Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.